03/16/2009
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"General Phillips and General Barclay, how many Rifleman radios will be procured under this waiver?"
"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?"