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Pentagon

USSOCOM Re-competing Portable SATCOM Terminals Program

Pat Host

Friday, June 3rd, 2016

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USSOCOM Re-competing Portable SATCOM Terminals Program

U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) is re-competing the SOF Deployable Node-Light version 3b (SDN-L v3b) Portable Satellite Communications (SATCOM) program to take advantage of modern technologies.USSOCOM Deputy Program Executive Officer (PEO) for C4 Michael Fitz told Defense Daily Wednesday the command is planning to bundle all three different variants of the SOF deployable node--light, medium and heavy--into one competition rather than compete each variant independently. The goal of this strategy, he said, is to reduce the price and introduce commonality.…

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