(Editor's Note: This article has been updated to reflect a second company receiving a contract for the MIDS-JTRS program.) Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall approved the full production and fielding of the Multifunctional Information Distribution System portion of the Joint Tactical Radio System (MIDS-JTRS) in a recent acquisition decision memorandum. Kendall signed the ADM on April 4, a major milestone for an important part of a troubled effort beset by delays, according to an April 10 statement from the...
