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New EDGE Facility Opens At Fort Bliss, Texas

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, May 21st, 2012

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The EDGE® Innovation Network opens the 12th EDGE facility, the Fort Bliss EDGE Innovation Center, on Thursday in Fort Bliss, Texas. The new facility is expected to become a vital local resource for quickly filling communications, command and control capability gaps and fielding innovations that improve soldier readiness. The center will connect soldiers and other military personnel to the 11 other EDGE Innovation Centers worldwide, representing 250 members from industry and academia. The EDGE Innovation Network is sponsored by General…

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