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Army: Will Work With Industry About Breaks In Vehicles’ Production Lines

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Thursday, March 10th, 2011

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By Emelie Rutherford Army officials told concerned lawmakers yesterday they are weighing how to work with industry when the service plans to pause production of three key vehicles. Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas) questioned Army officials about plans in the Pentagon's fiscal year 2012 budget to break production of the Abrams tank, Bradley fighting vehicle, and Stryker vehicle starting in 2013 and lasting for three or five years. "How will defense industry maintain these production lines during the shut-down years, how…

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