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General Dynamics’ WIN-T Expands Role With Army National Guard

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

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General Dynamics’ WIN-T Expands Role With Army National Guard

General Dynamics [GD] yesterday said its C4 Systems-built Warfighter Information Network--Tactical (WIN-T) Increment 1 has a significantly expanded role with Army National Guard units. WIN-T Photo: U.S. Army Originally developed for combat operations, WIN-T Increment 1 is now a critical communications hub that re-establishes secure, high-speed, high-bandwidth network communications following domestic natural disasters and civil emergencies. The National Guard first used the system in this capacity following Hurricane Sandy in October 2012. When power was lost and cellular…

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