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Army Wants Information On Hard Kill Countermeasures For Ground Vehicles

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, April 29th, 2014

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Army Wants Information On Hard Kill Countermeasures For Ground Vehicles

By May 21, the Army wants industry responses to a Request for Information (RFI) for a ground vehicle active protection hard kill counter measures (HKCM) system. The RFI from Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) is for planning purposes only and is open to U.S. and foreign responders. RDECOM is particularly interested in HKCM systems or subsystems that will be technically mature enough for integration onto RDECOM's Modular Active Protection Systems (MAPS) to support on vehicle demonstrations in fiscal…

Congress

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Space

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Congress

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Pentagon

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