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Rep. Bartlett Asks Carter To Examine Army Red Team ANS Results

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, August 12th, 2011

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Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.) wants the top Defense Department acquisition official to examine the Army’s recent proposal to terminate the Lockheed Martin [LMT] Autonomous Navigation System (ANS). In an Aug. 11 letter to Ashton Carter, undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, Bartlett said, “…the cancellation of the ANS program is short-sighted and a true example of throwing the proverbial baby out with the bathwater.” The ANS kit consists of mission sensors, software and processors, executing the auto-driver functions…

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