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![]() by Geoff Ziezulewicz Scottsdale, Ariz. (UPI) Sep 21, 2016
General Dynamics Mission Systems' Common Aviation Command and Control System recently completed a U.S. Marine Corps operational test, the company announced Wednesday. The successful test was undertaken during a Marine Corps weapons and tactics instructor course in Arizona, General Dynamics said in a statement. Also known as CAC2S, the system is a command and control system that integrates information from various aerial and ground-based radar systems and sensors to enable greater interoperability. It is used by the Marine Air-Ground Task Force and visually combines ground and aviation command and control data for increased situational awareness and quicker decision making. The course is as close to actual combat as training allows. CAC2S can be scaled from small, expeditionary operations to large operations conducted by air, sea or land. General Dynamics has worked with the Marine Corps on the program since 2012.
Marines approve fielding of Oshkosh extendable boom forklift Oshkosh will begin delivering the vehicles to initial fielding locations this month, the company said in a statement. The company is slated to deliver 535 vehicles by late 2017 to the Marine Corps and Navy, ahead of the program's projected completion date of 2019. Oshkosh is producing the vehicles as part of a max $99 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The updated vehicle is equipped with several new features that increase loading efficiency and operator safety during downrange missions. Upgrades include forklift options to handle 7,000- and 11,000-pound payloads with smaller attachments, as well as a relocated hydraulic manifold that can more efficiently load and unload aircraft. A two-piece cab featrues an armored upper cab option for greater operator protection.
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