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August 27, 2014

Australia approves GPS project
Canberra, Australia (UPI) Aug 26, 2014
The Australian government has approved a project to upgrade its military's global positioning system capability and its protection against jamming. The project, which has a cost of about $27.9 million, was announced this week by Minister for Defense David Johnston. "The government recognizes that to ensure the ADF (Australian Defense Force) remains viable and robust, we need to invest in force protection, counter-measures, protective security, system redundancy, lower signatures and stea ... read more

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