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Air Force

Raytheon To Perform Over-The-Air FAB-T Software Demo In October

Thursday, August 29th, 2013

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Raytheon [RTN] will perform in October an over-the-air demonstration of its Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) software running on terminal hardware, an important milestone for the company, according to a company executive. Raytheon Vice President for Integrated Communication Scott Whatmough told Defense Daily yesterday the company has completed the production representative version of its FAB-T modem processing group hardware, which will run the software for the demo at Raytheon’s satellite test facility in Marlborough, Mass. Raytheon Vice President…

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Budget

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Congress

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Congress

Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

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