05/18/2015
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"General Phillips and General Barclay, how many Rifleman radios will be procured under this waiver?"
"General Phillips and General Barclay, one of the Rifleman radio's key performance parameters is Position Location Information (PLI), the ability to automatically transmit a soldier's position location..."
"The Manpack radio has not yet demonstrated an Army-defined reliability requirement enabling it to have an 86 percent chance if completing a 72-hour mission without an essential function failure."
"What is the Army doing to address the shortcoming in reliability, operational effectiveness, and suitability?"