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Army Approves 4th Brigade of Stryker Double V Hulled Vehicles

Wednesday, October 15th, 2014

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Army Approves 4th Brigade of Stryker Double V Hulled Vehicles

Stryker. Photo: U.S. Army

The Army project manager for the Stryker Brigade Combat Team received the green light from the Army Acquisition Executive to procure a fourth brigade of Stryker Double V-Hull (DVH) vehicles. The family of Stryker vehicles is produced by General Dynamics [GD]. The program will not have more than 360 vehicles, and the land service expects to execute the entire procurement during 2016-2018--depending on funding, the project office said in a statement Monday. “Delivery of the 4th brigade vehicles is expected…

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