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Air Force Receives Lockheed Martin AMF JTRS Model Radio

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

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The Air Force C-130 Systems Integration Laboratory has received an initial Small Airborne Joint Tactical Radio from the Lockheed Martin [LMT] Airborne, Maritime/Fixed Station Joint Tactical Radio System team, the company said. The initial pre-engineering development model radio with initial Wideband Networking Waveform (WNW) function will be used to support integration and architecture validation activities for the lead AMF JTRS Air Force platform, the C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) aircraft, within the Mobility Air Forces Airborne Networking Integration program,…

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