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First Army RFP Supporting NIEs: Vehicle Tactical Router

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, January 3rd, 2013

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The Army System of Systems Integration (SoSI) Directorate has released its first Request for Proposals (RFP) in support of its semi-annual Network Integration Evaluations (NIE). The service wants industry and government sources with mature solutions to support the Vehicle Tactical Router gap to participate in the NIE 14.1 in October-November at Fort Bliss, Texas and White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), N.M. The NIE events help the Army shape agile capability integration by assessing soldier-provided and technical operational test data to…

Space

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Congress

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Pentagon

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Congress

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