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Air Force

General Dynamics Awarded $900 Million Global Broadcast Service Antenna Work

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, September 2nd, 2011

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General Dynamics [GD] C4 Systems yesterday said it was awarded a potential $900 million contract for next generation antennas from the Global Broadcast Service (GBS) Joint Program Office at Hanscom AFB, Mass. Under the competitively awarded, five-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract, GDC4 Systems will produce approximately 1,500 Transportable Ground Receive Suites (TGRS) and 1,110 retrofit kits for systems already in the field. Made fully-rugged and designed for rapid deployment anywhere in the world, GBS TGRS comprises next-generation receive terminal…

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