Panel votes to close Army electronics command
George Leopold writes in EE Times:
The Pentagon's base-closure commission voted Wednesday (Aug. 24) to close Fort Monmouth, N.J., the home of the Army's Communications and Electronics Command (Cecom).
The Base Closure and Realignment Commission voted to close Fort Monmouth and several other Army facilities during the first day of deliberations here. If approved by Congress and the president, the closure would would result in the loss of more than 5,000 jobs. About 2,000 Cecom jobs would then be shifted to the Army's Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland.
Cecom develops a range of communications, electronic warfare, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance gear for the Army and other U.S. ground forces. Critics of the decision to close Fort Monmouth said Cecom was currently leading an effort to detect and disarm roadside bombs in Iraq.
posted by Fergie @ 8/24/2005 03:55:00 PM
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