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Army

Army To Hold Meetings With Interested OMFV Vendors For Draft RFP Feedback

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, February 5th, 2019

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Army To Hold Meetings With Interested OMFV Vendors For Draft RFP Feedback

General Dynamics' Griffin III. Photo Matthew Beinart

The Army will hold individual meetings this month with vendors interested in its Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) program, with the opportunity to provide input on the recently released draft request for proposals (RFP), officials announced Monday. OMFV is the Army’s Next-Generation Combat Vehicle effort to replace its Bradley fighting vehicles, and a final RFP for the program is set to drop in late March. “The purpose of the session is to allow interested prime vendors an opportunity to ask…

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