Boeing and Lockheed Martin have been picked to begin development of aviation and maritime radios that will eventually be part of the Joint Tactical Radio System, the Defense Department announced today. The 15-month contracts worth a total of $106 million are part of the "pre-system" development and demonstration phase of the Airborne and Maritime/Fixed Station JTRS program. The objective of the pre-SDD competition is to identify "key platform interface requirements that will minimize platform integration, operation and support, and future...
