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Army Plans To Buy 131 AMPVs Per Year From FY ‘24-27, Tests New Turret Out Of Picatinny Arsenal

Army Plans To Buy 131 AMPVs Per Year From FY ‘24-27, Tests New Turret Out Of Picatinny Arsenal
An AMPV pictured with the new Objective Commander’s Weapon Station, developed by the Army's Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center at Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey. (U.S. Army photo by Mark Schauer)

After requesting $380.7 million to buy 72 Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicles (AMPV) in its fiscal year 2023 budget, new documents detail the service’s plan to buy 131 vehicles for just over $680 million annually starting in FY ‘24 through FY ‘27.  Details of the Army’s proposed AMPV procurement plan, which is set to ramp up in FY ‘23 after the original production schedule was re-baselined, were included in justification books released this week to accompany the service’s $178 billion budget request.…

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