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Army

Thales Communications, General Dynamics, To Provide Radios For Army Nett Warrior

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, February 20th, 2013

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Thales Communications Inc. said it received a new Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) contract for secure radios to support the Army’s Nett Warrior Program. The award is for 2,052 Nett Warrior radios and associated ancillaries. Half of the radios will be produced by General Dynamics [GD] C4 Systems, and half will be produced by Thales Communications at its Clarksburg, Md., headquarters facilities. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in the first quarter of calendar year 2013. The radio was jointly developed by…

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