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Raytheon To Demonstrate FAB-T Solution Next Summer

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012

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Raytheon [RTN] will demonstrate its solution for the Air Force’s next-generation strategic command and control system next summer. Raytheon Vice President for Integrated Communication Systems Scott Whatmough told Defense Daily in an interview yesterday the company will demonstrate a “very robust prototype” of its Family of Advance Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T), which will provide the critical link enabling nuclear command and control using the Milstar Extremely High Frequency (EHF) and Advanced EHF (AEHF) waveforms. The Air Force awarded Raytheon a…

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