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Boeing Defense Australia MHFCS Passes Formal Testing

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Thursday, March 12th, 2009

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Boeing [BA] Defence Australia has achieved a significant milestone toward delivery of the Modernised High Frequency Communications System (MHFCS) to the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The land-and-sea Generic Mobile Upgrade System, the first of two mobile high-frequency (HF) communications systems for MHFCS, has passed formal testing, the company said last week. The final phase of testing, conducted at Boeing Defence Australia's Brisbane site over two weeks, involved executing 44 test cases and testing more than 200 requirements. "The successful completion…

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