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General Dynamics UK Showcases Vision Of Land Open System Architecture

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, June 20th, 2012

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Today and tomorrow, General Dynamics [GD] UK will showcase its “Base of the Future” at the DVD demonstration at Millbrook Proving Ground, Bedforshire, U.K. Base of the Future demonstrates how GDUK’s integrated open architecture its vision of Land Open System Architecture (LOSA) brings together legacy, urgent operational requirements and future technologies for improved data availability to all platforms: base, vehicle and soldier. GDUK’s patented Core Infrastructure Distribution System (CIDS) uses the capabilities of the latest Bowman communications version, BCIP 5.4,…

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