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Army

Army Stretching AMPV Program, Planning To Reduce FY ’21 Buy From 204 To 143 Vehicles

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, March 19th, 2019

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Army Stretching AMPV Program, Planning To Reduce FY ’21 Buy From 204 To 143 Vehicles

BAE Systems' Armored Multipurpose Vehicle (AMPV)

The Army is planning to stretch its procurement of Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicles (AMPV) per its effort to reduce buys for certain programs to fully fund future weapon system development, with plans to drop fiscal year 2021 procurement by 30 percent from 204 to 143 vehicles. The service’s budget justification books, released Monday, show officials are preparing for a $485.7 million third low-rate initial production for 131 vehicles in FY '20 with plans to push the program’s largest buy to FY…

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