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Lockheed Martin Delivers Developmental Radio Ahead of Schedule

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Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

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A developmental radio for a revolutionary Internet-Protocol tactical communications network has been delivered ahead of schedule to the U.S. Army AH-64D helicopter Integration Team. The Lockheed Martin [ LMT] team delivered a preliminary engineering development model radio with essential Link-16 functionality to the Airborne and Maritime Fixed Station Joint Tactical Radio System (AMF JTRS) Program Office. The AMF JTRS Program Office then provided the preliminary Joint Tactical Radio to the Apache Longbow AH-64D platform integration laboratory in Mesa, Ariz. Boeing…

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