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ONR: Taking OA Approach To Run Multiple RF Bands Through A Single Aperture

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Friday, November 6th, 2009

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By Geoff Fein While much of the discussion about open architecture (OA) focuses on freeing up hardware and software, at the Office of Naval Research (ONR), they are in the midst of an effort to develop a system that can simultaneously run various radio frequency (RF) bands through a single aperture, according to a service official. "Our interest is in operational systems being open," Bobby Junker, head, command, control, computers, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, told Defense Daily recently. "I…

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