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Air Force

GDUK, Rockwell Collins, QinetiQ Win UK MoD Work To Improve Combat Effectiveness

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Thursday, February 5th, 2009

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General Dynamics [GD] United Kingdom Limited, in partnership with Rockwell Collins [COL] and QinetiQ, won a competition for an approximately $4.3 million contract from the U.K. Ministry of Defence (MoD) to develop the Joint Data Network Combat Identification Server Technical Demonstrator. The Combat Identification Server (CIDS) requirement will contribute to improving tactical situational awareness (SA) for U.K. forces involved in the delivery and control of indirect and direct fires to land operations. It will also assist in improving SA for…

Budget

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Congress

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