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Army

Boeing JTRS GMR Radios Complete Eight Months of Field Tests

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Thursday, November 20th, 2008

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Boeing [BA] and the Defense Department Joint Program Executive Office, Joint Tactical Radio System (JPEO JTRS) have concluded eight months of successful field tests, demonstrating how software-defined Ground Mobile Radios (GMRs) are able to operate with one another in a tactical operational environment. The monthlong demonstration JTRS GMR system concluded Oct. 3 and included a 12-node, secure, self-healing, multi-channel network operating in the field at the Electronic Proving Grounds at Fort Huachuca, Ariz. The JTRS GMR program is following an…

Congress

Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

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‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

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Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

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Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]