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Army Approves Positioning Stryker Vehicles Forward For Afghanistan Operations

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Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

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By Ann Roosevelt 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…

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