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General Dynamics UK Team Awarded Assessment Phase For MoD LISTENER Program

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Thursday, November 8th, 2007

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General Dynamics [GD] United Kingdom Limited has been awarded a 10-month, approximately $2 million contract for the Assessment Phase of the U.K. Ministry of Defence's LISTENER program. LISTENER is a pioneering program with the goal of joining a number of U.K. intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (ISTAR) systems with coalition partners who can fuse sensor data to create rapid and actionable intelligence for commanders. The LISTENER Assessment Phase focuses on system solution definition and risk reduction activities for Main…

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