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UPDATED: Army’s M113 Replacement Design Gets Stamp Of Approval

Friday, July 1st, 2016

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UPDATED: Army’s M113 Replacement Design Gets Stamp Of Approval

BAE Systems' Armored Multipurpose Vehicle (AMPV)

Just one year after contract award, the Army’s Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) quietly passed an important development milestone earlier this month, another deliberate step in the no-drama program to replace the Vietnam-era M113 personnel carrier.Manufacturer BAE Systems has three new-build AMPV hulls on its weld line at the company’s York, Pa., facility, a spokesperson told Defense Daily. It will produce 29 vehicles that will undergo engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) testing. The first hull started down the weld line in…

Navy Leaders Downplay Looking At Foreign Navy Shipbuilding Amid Lawmaker Objections

The Navy’s top leaders this week seemed to downplay and back down on the service potentially using foreign shipyards to build U.S. Navy ships or buying foreign designed warships overseas […]

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Senate Defense Appropriators See ‘Risk’ With Army’s Reconciliation Plan To Fund Munitions Increase

The Senate’s top defense appropriators cited concern this week with the Army’s request to fund the majority of its large increase to munitions procurement in fiscal year 2027 through the […]

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Army Relooking At Its ‘Whole Aviation Transformation’ Plan, Acting Chief Tells Lawmakers

The Army is relooking at its “whole aviation transformation initiative,” the service’s acting chief of staff told lawmakers on Tuesday, to include its approach for future procurement of “enduring” platforms. […]

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Lawmakers Request DoD Briefing On Army’s Planned Cuts To Aviation Procurement

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has sent a letter asking the Pentagon for a briefing on the potential industrial base impacts as a result of the Army’s planned cuts […]