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Army Launches Competition To Replace Heavy Dump Truck

Army Launches Competition To Replace Heavy Dump Truck
An M917 20 Ton Dump Truck driven by soldiers of the 766th Engineer Company, 841st Engineer Battalion, U.S. Army Reserve, heads to a road improvement site at Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria 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)

The Army is officially in the market for a new 20-ton heavy dump truck following the May 26 publication of a request for proposals to replace the M917 made by AM General.Program officials had said the RFP for the M917A3 Heavy Dum Truck (HDT) would be released before June. Interested truck manufacturers must have submissions to the Army by July 25. While the program start remains on track, the Army’s fiscal 2018 budget document delays initial production from fiscal 2019…

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