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Advanced Army Equipment Ready For Limited User Test in Texas

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Friday, August 28th, 2009

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By Ann Roosevelt Equipment deemed ready for early fielding to Infantry Brigade Combat Teams (IBCT) successfully completed force development test and evaluation (FDT&E) this month and is ready for operational testing in September, officials said. "The systems we are testing this year are in fact, systems we feel are both reasonably close to be ready--and that's why we test to verify that they are--and that they will have value-added for soldiers," Col. Patrick (Lee) Fetterman, Training and Doctrine Command Capability…

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