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Army Soliciting Industry Input On Mission System Offerings For FARA

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, April 14th, 2020

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Army Soliciting Industry Input On Mission System Offerings For FARA

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The Army has opened its search for new mission systems to be integrated on its Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA), calling for industry input on potential offerings for sensors, countermeasure capabilities and a 20mm weapon system. The Request for Information looks to solicit insight on systems that may be integrated on FARA platforms during the upcoming engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase, with a goal of informing risk reduction and aircraft configuration decisions for future production. The new notice, released…

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