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Army Releases RFI For High-Altitude And Low-Earth Orbit SIGINT Capabilities

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019

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Army Releases RFI For High-Altitude And Low-Earth Orbit SIGINT Capabilities

The Army is seeking industry’s input on new high-altitude and low-Earth orbit sensing capabilities for both warning and targeting signals intelligence (SIGINT) applications. Officials from the Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate (I2WD) released a Request for Information notice on Tuesday as the office opens its search for next-generation sensing capabilities that are already in development. The I2WD said it's specifically assessing the marketspace for advanced SIGINT concepts that could be integrated on manned or unmanned high-altitude fixed-wing aircraft, stratospheric balloons…

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