The Falcon III AN/PRC-152 handheld radio from Harris is the first Joint Tactical Radio System (or JTRS)-approved radio to be certified as compliant without waivers with the Software Communications Architecture (SCA) of the Joint Tactical Radio System, according to the vendor. The SCA-compliant designation is based on comprehensive test results and a recommendation from the JTRS Test and Evaluation Laboratory (JTEL.). The operating environment of the Falcon III AN/PRC-152 previously was certified as SCA-compliant with waivers.

The operating environment of the Falcon III AN/PRC-152 has been certified as fully compliant with version 2.2 of the SCA of the JTRS. The SCA provides the overall blueprint for building JTRS software-defined radio systems. The operating environment, along with the radio's waveform software application, synchronizes hardware, firmware, and cryptographic components and controls the radio's transmission of voice and data.