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Article: Congress cuts Army's tactical radio program funding for fiscal 2010.
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- October 13, 2009
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Byline: Bob Brewin
Congress slashed funding for the Army's tactical radio program and all but killed a program to build a command-and-control system modeled on commercial Web sites such as Travelocity.
The Army had requested $90.2 million for its Joint Tactical Radio System in fiscal 2010, but Congress cut $55.2 million from the program in the Defense Department authorization bill, which the House approved on Oct. 8.
The service also requested $134.2 million to buy VHF-FM single channel ground and airborne radio system , the standard manpack and vehicle radio ground troops use. But Congress also cut that budget by $75 million.
"The ...