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ARINC Asset Tracking Solution Tested by Army Sustainment Command

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Wednesday, March 30th, 2011

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ARINC and its teammates recently completed a successful proof-of-principle demonstration of a wireless mesh solution for tracking military assets at an Army facility in Kuwait used to clean and process thousands of used military vehicles returning from theater. As a result, ARINC expects the Army to expand the use of the Next Generation Wireless Communications for Logistical Applications (NGWC) program. "The Army Sustainment Command (ASC) has determined our NGWC mesh network tracking solution improves their wash rack process," says Robert…

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