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Army Selects Thales, L3Harris To Modernize SINCGARS Radios Under Potential $6.1 Billion Deal

Army Selects Thales, L3Harris To Modernize SINCGARS Radios Under Potential $6.1 Billion Deal
A U.S. Army Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGARS) with 1st Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, during the Puma 2 Exercise as a part of Saber Strike 18 with Battle Group Poland at Wyreby, Poland on June 7, 2018. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Hubert D. Delany III /22nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

The Army has selected Thales and L3Harris Technologies [LHX] to compete for an order to modernize Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGARS) radios “to align with the National Security Agency crypto modernization requirements” under a potential ten-year, $6.1 billion contract, Pentagon announced Friday. Thales and L3Harris were the two companies to submit bids for the work. SINCGARS is the Army’s primary voice communication waveform for its radios. The Army has previously said it wants to upgrade SINCGARS so…

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