A little nostalgia for the folks who have truly been around here awhile
The Pentagon awarded Lockheed Martin the contract for next-stage development of the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS), a new-generation radio technology that will replace dozens of legacy systems throughout the U.S. military (PDF).
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The Department of Defense initiated the JTRS program in 1997 to bring military communications into the network centric digital age. The program, which could ultimately result in the replacement of hundreds of thousands of radios, has been plagued by massive cost overruns (PDF) and lack of vision. This contract signals a major step forward.
