With the release of RMS Relay version 3.0.0.0 on November 4, 2013, the Amateur Radio Safety Foundation introduced the Winlink Hybrid Radio Email Network. This new network design marks a major milestone in Winlink's evolution with higher reliability, performance and utility for emergency communications. The new generation Winlink system now conforms to government-user's requests for radio-only message transfer without the use of the internet. Hybrid Network capabilities are available to both amateurs on the ham bands and to DHS NCC SHARES licensed operators on government frequencies.