Gilmore invokes FCS in critique of Army's mid-tier radio

By Courtney McBride / July 22, 2016 at 5:06 PM
The Army plans to proceed toward a milestone C decision this summer to support a low-rate initial production decision for its Mid-Tier Networking Vehicular Radio, but the Defense Department's director of operational test and evaluation recently warned the system has significant shortcomings. J. Michael Gilmore outlined his findings in a July 5 memo to Defense Secretary Ash Carter, citing an operational assessment of MNVR conducted by the Army's Brigade Modernization Command as part of Network Integration Evaluation 16.2, which took...

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