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Article: OSD considers NLOS for new technology demo program. (Office of Secretary of Defense reviewing Army's canceled Non-line of-Sight program for inclusion with new Advanced Concept and Technology Demonstration)
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- Defense Daily
- Article date:
- December 8, 1993
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Recently terminated by the Army in its long-term budget, the troubled Non-line of Sight (NLOS) program may have found life as part of a new technology demonstration effort that calls for fielding prototypes in as little as two to four years, according to Pentagon and industry sources.
The strategy, known as the advanced concept and technology demonstration (ACID), goes beyond the current blueprint for developing prototypes, the Advanced Technology Demonstration (ATD), by proposing streamlined contractor and management practices, placing heavy emphasis on developing a "fieldable brassboard," and having the testing community play a more active role from the outset ...