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May 25, 2023 | International, C4ISR

US Army receives mixed signals from industry on ‘radio as a service’

The Army has hundreds of thousands of radios — too many to quickly and cost-effectively modernize given security deadlines and international competition.

https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/c2-comms/2023/05/25/us-army-receives-mixed-signals-from-industry-on-radio-as-a-service/

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