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GD’s UK Business Nabs $412 Million MORPHEUS Tactical Communications Contract

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, April 19th, 2017

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General Dynamics [GD] on April 5 said its United Kingdom-based business received a $411.5 million contract from the UK Ministry of Defence to design and develop the next-generation tactical communication and information system under the first phase of the MORPHEUS program.For MORPHEUS, GD said it will implement a new architectural approach called Evolve to Open, which will evolve the Bowman tactical communications system it provides for British armed forces into an open, modular system. The company said that the open…

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