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Key Air Force C2 System Clears Major Milestone

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Thursday, January 13th, 2011

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Program officials from Northrop Grumman [NOC], in conjunction with the Air Force, are preparing to deploy a key command and control system to service installations worldwide, after the platform secured a major milestone approval late last year, according to a company statement. The Joint Interface Control Officer Support System (JSS) will be deployed to as many as 26 Air Force and joint U.S. military installations across the globe, according to the Jan. 4 statement. "With this approval for production and…

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