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Army Awards GD $712.3 Million Order For DVHA1 Strykers, $257.6 Million For M10 Bookers

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, June 26th, 2023

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Army Awards GD $712.3 Million Order For DVHA1 Strykers, $257.6 Million For M10 Bookers

DVHA1 Stryker. Photo: GD Land Systems.

The Army has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems [GD] a $712.3 million order for 300 Stryker DVHA1 vehicles as well as a $257.6 million low-rate initial production order for the new M10 Booker Combat Vehicle. The deal for the Strykers, in the upgraded Double V Hull-configuration (DVH) A1, was placed under a $2.5 billion production contract the Army awarded to GD Land Systems in 2020. "Stryker is the Army’s largest combat vehicle fleet – combat-proven, cost-effective, highly mobile, versatile, sustainable…

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