Gateway Mission Router

Also known as

GMR
GMR-1000
GMR 1000
Gateway Mission Router 1000
GMR-1000-03
Air Soldier Gateway Mission Router
V2X GMR

Gateway Mission Router is a V2X/Vertex battlefield communications router for air-to-ground command-and-control networks. Public sources describe GMR and GMR-1000 as cyber-hardened, platform-independent hardware that routes datalinks, assured communications, situational-awareness data, and command-and-control information across aviation and ground platforms, including U.S. Army Air Warrior and Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control modernization contexts.

Gateway Mission Router, Cyber-hardened air-to-ground communications and command-and-control router, Electronic Warfare

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Air-To-Ground Network Role

Gateway Mission Router is documented as a communications and command-and-control integration system, not a standalone weapon. Public V2X and government sources support its air-to-ground connectivity role, open-standard interfaces, platform independence, Army Air Warrior hardware context, and CJADC2 relevance; they do not publish a complete hardware datasheet or fielded inventory.

Air Warrior hardware

Public contract records describe Gateway Mission Router hardware and GMR variants in support of U.S. Army Air Warrior requirements.

Gateway function

V2X says GMR routes datalinks and platform capabilities so situational-awareness and command-and-control information can be merged across formats.

Sourcing limit

Available public sources identify role, program context, and contract values, but not complete radio interfaces, encryption implementation, dimensions, power draw, or delivered quantities.

Profile / Specs

Profile

Origin: United States
Built by: V2X
Type: Cyber-hardened air-to-ground communications and command-and-control router
Service note: Publicly documented as GMR-1000 by 2022 and under U.S. Army Gateway Mission Router contracts from 2024 onward.
Designer: V2X
Designed: Not publicly identified; public reporting and solicitations referred to GMR-1000 by 2022.
Produced: U.S. Army Gateway Mission Router IDIQ contract awarded in July 2024; follow-on support and engineering contract announced in December 2025.
Number built: Not publicly identified; public contract records describe Army purchases and a possible requirement measured in thousands rather than a disclosed delivered fleet.

Specifications

Mission: Air-to-ground communications, situational awareness, and command-and-control data integration for airborne and ground users.
Architecture: Cyber-hardened, platform-independent router using open-standard interfaces and existing platform communications.
Data role: Intelligently routes datalinks and platform capabilities to merge situational awareness and command-and-control data across multiple formats.
Platform fit: Adaptable across aviation and ground vehicle platforms; public sources specifically tie Army hardware buys to Air Warrior.
Air Warrior context: Public contract records describe Gateway Mission Router hardware in support of the U.S. Army Air Warrior program.
Network services: Public reporting on GMR-1000 describes secure platform Wi-Fi, tactical-edge network connection, and translation between otherwise incompatible data formats.
Operational concept: Supports real-time connectivity and a common operating picture for battlefield users.
SWaP-C: V2X Sea-Air-Space 2025 materials describe low size, weight, power, and cost footprint but do not publish detailed dimensions or power draw.
Modernization context: V2X ties GMR to Department of Defense Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control efforts.
Documented new capabilities: Wireless Intercom Capability and Maintenance Data Offload were highlighted in V2X 2024-2025 exposition materials.

Timeline

Gateway Mission Router Key Events

Jul 22, 2024
U.S. Army IDIQ contract announced
V2X announced a $48.5 million four-year U.S. Army IDIQ contract for Gateway Mission Router under the PEO Soldier portfolio.
Sources: V2X GMR Army IDIQ, DoD July 2024 GMR Contract
Oct 10, 2024
AUSA 2024 GMR demonstration planned
V2X said it would highlight GMR at AUSA 2024 as a cyber-hardened air-to-ground operations solution with common-operating-picture and CJADC2 relevance.
Sources: V2X AUSA 2024 GMR
Apr 7, 2025
Sea-Air-Space GMR capabilities highlighted
V2X Sea-Air-Space 2025 materials described GMR as a secure real-time connectivity system for airborne and ground platforms, with low-SWaP-C integration, Wireless Intercom, and Maintenance Data Offload.
Sources: V2X Sea-Air-Space 2025 GMR
Dec 17, 2025
Follow-on engineering support contract announced
V2X announced a $72 million U.S. Army contract for GMR support and engineering services, with an estimated completion date of June 25, 2030.
Sources: V2X GMR 2025 Army Contract

Program Context

Earlier GMR-1000 reporting places the router in the Army's tactical-edge networking and Project Convergence experimentation context, while later V2X announcements frame the fielded contract work around Army battlefield connectivity, support engineering, and CJADC2. The public record therefore supports a family-level communications-router page rather than a combat-use page.

V2X's July 2024 announcement described a four-year U.S. Army IDIQ under PEO Soldier.
The official July 17, 2024 government contract notice named Vertex Modernization and Sustainment LLC, a V2X company, and listed contract W58RGZ-24-D-0067 for Gateway Mission Routers.
V2X's December 2025 announcement said the follow-on support and engineering services contract runs toward a June 25, 2030 estimated completion date.

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