Pentagon Selects Six Foreign Projects for Development

By Thomas Duffy / July 20, 2001 at 5:00 AM
The Defense Department announced yesterday it has selected six foreign systems for consideration under the Foreign Comparative Test program, including a multi-bandwidth submarine antenna and a driver's vision enhancer the Army will consider. Now in its 21st year, the program provides the U.S. military to test foreign systems that might fill a need. Each of the six projects will be funded with fiscal year 2001 dollars, according to a DOD statement. The FCT program is administered by the director of...

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