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Boeing Pitches Gapfiller System For Air, Maritime Version of JTRS

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Friday, April 29th, 2011

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By Carlo Munoz The Army and the Marine Corps are the latest services to express interest in Boeing's [BA] new battlefield communications, command and control system, which the company is pitching as a near-term gapfiller for the air and sea version of the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS). Service officials from both branches are interested in integrating initial versions of the Air and Maritime JTRS gapfiller system at upcoming, large-scale service exercises in Yuma, Ariz., and the Carolinas, according to…

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