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Article: Defense Department 'bundles' handheld radio procurements.(COMMUNICATIONS)
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- National Defense
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- May 1, 2007
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THE DEFENSE Department is expected to soon seek industry bids for as many as 89,000 handheld combat radios. To obtain lower prices, the Pentagon will consolidate multiple contracts that currently are managed individually by each military service.
The Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force and Special Operations Command already are buying thousands of radios, and plan to continue to acquire thousands more. But Pentagon procurement officials are moving to centralize all single-channel handheld radios under a new contracting arrangement.
The San Diego-based office that currently oversees the Joint Tactical Radio System also will manage the so-called ...