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GD Designs Tactical Information Gateway For Dutch Marines

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016

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General Dynamics [GD] is designing a tactical information gateway for the Netherlands Ministry of Defence to allow better exchanges of information for the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps, the company said Wednesday.Part of the Netherlands Improved Operational Soldier System (VOSS) program, the gateway is based on the NATO STANAG 4677 standard and will allow information to be exchanged amongthe New Integrated Marines Communications and Information System (NIMCIS), the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps tactical C4I system, and the Smart Vest soldier system…

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