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Carter Gives MIDS JTRS Green Light For Limited Production

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Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

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By Marina Malenic The Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio System (MIDS JTRS) terminal was approved for limited production, the JTRS joint program office said yesterday. A Dec. 23 Acquisition Decision Memorandum signed by Ashton Carter, the Pentagon's chief weapons buyer, authorized the decision. MIDS JTRS is a software defined networking terminal that will be NSA certified with the Link-16 Waveform and include Link-16 Enhanced Throughput (ET), Link-16 Frequency Remapping (FR), and be Information Assurance (IA) modification ready. The…

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