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GD Receives $296 Million Army Production Deal For Prophet Enhanced SIGINT System

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, July 10th, 2019

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GD Receives $296 Million Army Production Deal For Prophet Enhanced SIGINT System

Prophet Enhanced SIGINT system

General Dynamics [GD] Mission Systems has received a $296 million deal from the Army for the production of Prophet Enhanced ground-based signals intelligence and electronic warfare system, the Pentagon said Tuesday. Prophet Enhanced is the latest version of the platform, which the Army has previously said it plans to integrate on its Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) All-Terrain Vehicles. GD rolled out the first Prophet tactical ground stations in the early 2000s, and in the last several years built the…

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