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Early Results Deem Multi-National Network Experiment A Success

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Friday, June 12th, 2009

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The recent Multi-National Network Experiment 3.0 (MNE 3.0) was successful in passing information and firing data between the U.S. and U.K. systems as part of the continual efforts toward more effective communication between coalition partners, officials said. Brig. Gen. Lee Price, Army Future Combat System (FCS) deputy program manager Networks, said in a roundtable this week experiment was about more than situational awareness. "It's about our ability to do calls for fire and to reach out and touch our coalition…

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