03/15/2011
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"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."
"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..."
"What strategies are in place to help ensure that the Army manages the inherent risk in procuring additional radios that have not met reliability thresholds?"
"I urge the Army to use the retrograde opportunity to ensure that vehicle restraint systems are modernized to reduce the injuries encountered in future conflicts."