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GD Completes Critical Design Review For SCOUT Recon Variant

Thursday, February 26th, 2015

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GD Completes Critical Design Review For SCOUT Recon Variant

SCOUT Pre-Production Prototype Photo: General Dynamics UK.

General Dynamics [GD] UK completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) for the SCOUT Reconnaissance variant, part of the SCOUT Specialist Vehicle (SV) program, the company said on Thursday.Completion of the CDR is a significant marker in the SCOUT SV program, GD said.The CDR covered the fully-integrated SCOUT platform including the platform hull design, Lockheed Martin [LMT] UK-developed turret, electronic architecture, onboard software solutions, sub-systems, and variant specific products like the Primary Sight.The Reconnaissance variant is aimed at providing superior protection…

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