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Coast Guard Awards GD Small Contract To Update Rescue 21 In Alaska

Wednesday, September 9th, 2015

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General Dynamics [GD] said the Coast Guard has awarded the company a potential $10 million contract to upgrade the service's Rescue 21 search and rescue system in Alaska.Under the Alaska Phase 2 contract, GD will identify a cost-effective way to update existing radio equipment operating in 30 locations and evaluate the existing communications towers at each site. GD said the analysis will include radios with various roles, including those that provide digital selective calling, which mariners use in an emergency.The…

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