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NATO Taps Czech ERA a.s. To Provide ESM Trackers

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Tuesday, May 13th, 2014

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NATO Taps Czech ERA a.s. To Provide ESM Trackers

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The NATO Communications and Information (NCI) Agency awarded to the Czech company ERA a.s. a $22 million contract to provide two Deployable Passive ESM (Electronic System Measure) Trackers (or DPET) for NATO Air Command and Control. The contract announced Monday is financed from the NATO Security Investment Program and is to be completed in the summer 2018, ERA said in a separate statement. The contract was signed by NCI Agency General Manager Koen Gijsbers and ERA Managing Director Victor Sotona…

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