Army Stops Some Work on Joint Tactical Radio System

By Jen DiMascio / February 8, 2005 at 5:00 AM
Technical challenges have led the Army to issue a partial stop-work order and halt initial production of the military's future software-programmable radios for ground and aerial vehicles, the service said. The order, issued Jan. 18, affects engineering development models and low-rate initial production of the Joint Tactical Radio System's Cluster One, an Army statement reads. Boeing, the program's contractor, was scheduled to begin LRIP in the third quarter of fiscal year 2005, leading to a first-unit equipped date in the...

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