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Army

More Than 40 House Members Urge HAC Support of Army JTRS HMS, WIN-T Efforts

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

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As the defense appropriations conference with the Senate comes closer, 46 House members are urging the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Defense subcommittee to hold to the president’s budget request for the Joint Tactical Radio System Handheld Manpack Small Form Factor (JTRS HMS) and Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) programs. Members wrote the Oct. 28 memo to HAC-D Chairman C.W. Bill Young (R-Fla.) and Ranking Member Norm Dicks (D-Wash.) in support of JTRS HMS and WIN-T as “cornerstones”…

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