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FCS Meets And Exceeds Objectives In JEFX 08, Official Says

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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

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By Ann Roosevelt Boeing [BA] and SAIC [SAI], the Lead Systems Integrator (LSI) for the Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) program, yesterday said the program took a critical step toward integrating critical technologies to the current force with success in its role in the Air Force-led Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment 2008 (JEFX 08). FCS had several objectives including joint/multinational interoperability, expanding network nodes to include ground and airborne sensors and to conduct joint network fires. "In all cases we were…

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