Cost of new battlefield radio program pegged at $1.5 billion
Army wants to field at least 10,000 radios by 2014.
The cost of a new, slimmed down Army program to field tactical broadband radios will run between $1.5 billion and $1.7 billion, Army Brig. Gen. Michael Williamson, executive officer for the Joint Tactical Radio System program, told a press briefing Tuesday.
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