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AM General Submits Independent Proposal For JLTV EMD Program

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, March 29th, 2012

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AM General LLC yesterday said it is backing two separate proposals for the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program. AM General yesterday said has submitted an independent JLTV solution for the EMD phase, separate from the proposal from General Tactical Vehicles, a joint venture it entered in 2007 with General Dynamics [GD]. AM General’s new Blast-Resistant Vehicle--Off Road (BRV-O) is based on more than a decade of the company's own investments in…

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