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Army

Leonardo DRS Receives $132.1 Million Initial Delivery Order For Army’s Upgraded Rugged Tablets

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019

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Leonardo DRS Receives $132.1 Million Initial Delivery Order For Army’s Upgraded Rugged Tablets

Leonardo DRS' MFoCS II

Leonardo DRS has received a $132.1 million production order to deliver the first updated rugged tablets for the Army’s next-generation battle command platform, the company said Wednesday. The first order for Mounted Family of Computer Systems (MFoCS) II arrives as the Army looks to ramp up fielding of the dismountable tablets used to run its new Joint Battle Command-Platform (JBC-P). "As the Army continues its modernization efforts, MFoCS will serve as a critical enabler of the Mounted Computing Environment and…

Budget

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