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Army Dump Truck Competition To Kick Off Before June

Army Dump Truck Competition To Kick Off Before June
Army Reserve soldiers Pfc. Smith and Sgt. Fundora, receive words of wisdom from Sgt. 1st Class Rosser of the 766th Engineer Company (Horizontal), 841st Engineer Battalion, U.S. Army Reserve, at Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, while they work in their M917 20 Ton Dump Truck driven as part of Operation Resolute Castle 16, July 20, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Jose F. Lopez Jr., 841st Eng. Bn., United States Army Reserve)

Before the end of the month, the Army plans to launch a competition to replace a portion of its M917 heavy dump truck (HDT) fleet.  Michael Clow, a spokesman for the Army’s combat support and combat service support (CS&CSS) told Defense Daily that a request for proposals for the truck will be published before the end of May. Another source told Defense Daily it could come down within a week.  The program was on hold pending passage of a defense…

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