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Textron’s Secure Cellular Net Could Put Droids On Front Lines

By B.C. Kessner Textron [TXT] last week unveiled FASTCOM, a lash-up of mostly existing intelligence, operations, and communications systems that would allow brigade commanders to set up encrypted 3G or 4G cellular networks and swap information with front line soldiers equipped with smart phones such as Motorola's [MOT] Droid. "We actually have a private 3G Sprint network functioning live here in the basement of the Washington Convention Center," Steven Reid, Textron's vice president, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), told Defense Daily.…

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