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Army Issues Market Survey For Armored Multipurpose Vehicle

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, March 16th, 2012

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The Army is moving forward on a potential Armored Multipurpose Vehicle (AMPV) to replace the M113 Family of Vehicles (FoV) to address current and future capability gaps in Heavy Brigade Combat Teams. By March 23, the service wants responses to its market survey issued Monday to address mission role capability gaps in force protection, mobility, reliability and interoperability. An Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) will consider candidate platforms able to accept M113 FoVs mission equipment packages and numbers of personnel, and…

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