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Navy Releases Revised Aegis RFP

Defense Daily Staff

Monday, October 24th, 2011

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The Navy has released a revised request for proposals (RFP) for the next contract for the Aegis Combat System designed to align it with the service’s requirements and budget expectations, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) said last week. The updated version modifies the Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) aspect of the RFP asking potential bidders to identify potential problems they could encounter with the AMDR Integration Engineering Load and how they would be solved. It also removes AMDR as…

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