The NTDR (also called ITT’s “Mercury” radio) represented a real first for the ad hoc networking community. It was the first complete IP-based mobile ad hoc network designed, build and and actually fielded. The radios interacted with off-the shelf IP routers to provide interoperability with all IP routing protocols running on any attached subnets. The NTDR network self-forms, self-heals and continually self-organizes as the vehicles it is installed in move at up to 65mph. The radio system also includes a sophisticated networking management terminal that allows the visualization of the ad hoc network and node mobility on an Army certified terminal. It underwent extensive field tests for many years as part of the Army’s “First Digitized Division” (4th Infantry Div at Ft. Hood). In Dec 2002, the NTDR was certified to be ready for the field and participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom.