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Updated: With $13 Billion Award, Manpack Radios Enter Full-Rate Production

Monday, February 29th, 2016

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Updated: With $13 Billion Award, Manpack Radios Enter Full-Rate Production

L3Harris' AN/PRC-158 Multi-channel Manpack Radio

With the award of nearly $13 billion in contracts to three companies, the Army’s Manpack radio moves into the full-rate production phase of the program several weeks ahead of schedule.At least 5,326 AN/PRC-155 Manpack radios are fielded from a previous low-rate, initial-production (LRIP) contract held by General Dynamics C4 Systems [GD]. The recent $12.7 billion award for full rate production is shared by GD, Harris Corp. [HRS], and Rockwell Collins [COL]. The ID/IQ contracts are for new, next-generation Manpack radios built according to radio…

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