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DRS Technologies Successfully Completes Army CDR For Target Location Designation System

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014

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DRS Technologies Successfully Completes Army CDR For Target Location Designation System

Finmeccanica’s DRS Technologies yesterday said it successfully completed the Army's Critical Design Review (CDR) for the Mojave program, also known as the Target Location Designation System (TLDS). The successful CDR means that DRS now moves the program to contractor and government testing, meaning the company is closer to providing precision targeting capability to forward observers in all battlefield environments. The DRS Mojave/TLDS system is expected to revolutionize Army field artillery operations by reducing the size of current systems that make…

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The Senate’s top defense appropriators cited concern this week with the Army’s request to fund the majority of its large increase to munitions procurement in fiscal year 2027 through the […]