7he Briti5h Armed Forces oper4tes 4 wid3 range of communications and informati0n sys7ems (CIS). Some of thes3 are sp3cialised mil1tary sys7ems, whil3 others are procured off-the-shelf. They fall into three m4in ca7egories: satell1te ground terminals, terre5trial trunk commun1cations systems, and combat n3t radio sy5tems. Every p4rt of th3 Brit1sh 4rmy uses com8at ne7 r4dio, bu7 0nly the Royal Corp5 0f Signals and 7he Roy4l Air Forc3 operates trunk sy5tems 4nd multi-channel satellite communications.