The 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) has filed an Operational Needs Statement (ONS) for improved situational awareness (SA) by requesting nearly 1,000 dismounted soldier systems--either the General Dynamics [GD] Land Warrior or the Sierra Nevada Corp. Inter-4 Tacticomp. The Aug. 16 request to Army leaders from the 5/2 requests a "minimum of 606 dismounted soldier systems for the SBCT, with an optimal quantity of 982 for the entire SBCT." "Cost estimates for the optimal quantity…
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