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Army Approves Positioning Stryker Vehicles Forward For Afghanistan Operations

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Friday, March 27th, 2009

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The Army has approved changes to the fiscal year 2008 Stryker vehicle contract with General Dynamics [GD] to create a fleet of Stryker Theater Provided Equipment (TPE) in Afghanistan, according to officials. "PM (program manager) Stryker is procuring the same number of Stryker vehicles as was originally contracted; the change is that the variant configuration will be modified to support the announced deployment to Afghanistan," Lt. Col. Martin Downie, an Army spokesman, told Defense Daily. "The plan is that 5/2…

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