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Boeing GMR Aims At Limited User Test Next Year

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Thursday, December 24th, 2009

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By Ann Roosevelt The Boeing [BA]-developed Joint Tactical Radio System Ground Mobile Radios (JTRS GMR) is conducting tests aiming toward a limited user test in mid- 2010 and on to a production review in 2011, company officials said. Boeing is the prime contractor for the JTRS GMR program and is developing the Wideband Networking Waveform (WNW) under contract to the Joint Program Executive Office Network Enterprise Domain. The WNW-enabled, multichannel JTRS GMR will be installed in current and future U.S.…

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