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DHS S&T, Thales Moving Into Pilot Phase With Multi-Band Radio Project

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Monday, July 6th, 2009

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By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) branch yesterday announced 14 lead organizations for an upcoming pilot project that will involve the use of new multi-band radios developed by France's Thales for the public safety market. Thales received a $6.3 million contract from S&T in March 2008 for further development and testing of the company's Liberty multi-band land mobile radios. The software defined radios are designed for government agencies and first responders, allowing different…

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