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Army Looks For Insights And Assessments From Industry On New Vehicle

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Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

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By Ann Roosevelt The Army is looking ahead to receiving insights and assessments on its requirements and acquisition approach from defense contractors after its first Industry Day on the anticipated Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) program, service officials said. "We're bringing industry in early to let them know exactly what we're thinking," Col. Bryan McVeigh, product manager, Program Executive Office (PEO) Integration, said in a roundtable yesterday. This interaction will "allow us the ability to adjust our acquisition approach based on…

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