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Thales Receives 10-Year Army Deal To Join Harris In Delivering Two-Channel Leader Radios

Thales Receives 10-Year Army Deal To Join Harris In Delivering Two-Channel Leader Radios
Soldier in Army's Security Force Assistance Brigade uses Thales' IMBITR radio. Photo: Thales.

Thales has received a 10-year contract to deliver the first two-channel handheld radios for Army battlefield communications under the Leader Radio program, the company said on Thursday.The Army has placed an initial order for 1,540 of Thales’ AN/PRC-148C IMBITR radios, which will be delivered under the indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract alongside Harris [HRS] Corporation’s AN/PRC-163 two-channel handheld radios. Harris said Sept. 20 it had been selected for the Army’s Leader radio program as well, and also received an initial…

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