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Navy Tunes Requirements For Proposed Ship-Based EW Countermeasure System

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Thursday, May 5th, 2011

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The Navy is seeking industry input in its ongoing analysis of alternatives for a new, ship-based electronic warfare countermeasures system that service officials hope to have on the water by fiscal year 2018, a recent command notice states. The service released additional specifics yesterday regarding the request for information (RFI) for the Ship-launched Persistent Integrated Countermeasures for Electronic Warfare (SPICE) program issue in March. Industry proposals are due to Navy officials by May 13. The SPICE program, as envisioned, will…

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