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Navy/USMC

Marine Experimental Detachment Helps Keep CAC2S, G/ATOR Costs Down

Mai Hanoon

Wednesday, September 25th, 2013

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With two major acquisition projects moving forward--the Common Aviation Command and Control System (CAC2S) and the Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR)--the Marine Corps’ Program Executive Office for Land Systems believes an increased focus on ensuring relevant requirements is helping to keep these programs on track, officials said. CAC2S Phase 1 Engineer Mark Lamczyk said last week that the Phase 1 of CAC2S fielding and implementation wrapped up this month and that Phase 2 is in the midst of tactical reviews with…

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