Bill Nelson actually said...

"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..."

"It is really extraordinary when you look at the cost piled up in this huge line that Medicare and Medicaid will spend on this."

"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?"