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First Army Capability Set 13 Vehicles Head to Aberdeen For Testing

Wednesday, August 29th, 2012

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The Army yesterday said the first five Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) prototype vehicles equipped with Capability Set 13 (CS 13) are complete and the vehicles have shipped from Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC), located in Warren, Mich., to Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), Md., where they will undergo safety release testing. CS 13, validated as part of the Army’s Network Integration Evaluations (NIEs), is the Army’s first fully-integrated package of radios, satellite systems, software applications, smartphone-like…

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