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Navy to Issue RFP for MQ-8C Radar By End of August

Valerie Insinna

Tuesday, August 25th, 2015

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Navy to Issue RFP for MQ-8C Radar By End of August

The Navy intends to release a request for proposals (RFP) by Aug. 31 for a maritime search radar for the MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned aerial system, according to a solicitation from Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR).“We are currently incorporating comments from the industry day held on July 29 into the final RFP, which will be released soon,” Capt. Jeff Dodge, the service’s Fire Scout program manager told Defense Daily in a statement. “Our goal with the radar is to dramatically increase…

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