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Article: Army starts over with aerial common sensor.(Battlefield Surveillance)
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- National Defense
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- May 1, 2008
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The Army is making a second attempt at a failed joint program to create a manned aerial platform designed to provide persistent surveillance over battlefields.
The service's aerial common sensor was scheduled to undergo an Army Review Oversight Council hearing in mid-April. An industry day to give potential vendors an update on the concept of operations, and the new requirements that go with it will follow, Col. Robert Carpenter, project manager for aerial common sensors told National Defense.
"The world has changed and so has some of the requirements," said Carpenter.
A draft request for proposals will be circulated ...