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Army’s Nearly $2 Billion FY ‘24 Unfunded List Includes IVAS, More Abrams Upgrades

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, March 29th, 2023

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Army’s Nearly $2 Billion FY ‘24 Unfunded List Includes IVAS, More Abrams Upgrades

The Abrams M1A2 SEPv3 (Photo Credit: U.S. Army photo )

The Army’s nearly $2 billion unfunded priorities list (UPL) for fiscal year 2024 includes over $500 million for Abrams tank procurement and $120 million for the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) program, according to a copy of the document obtained by Defense Daily. The FY ‘24 list is significantly shorter than the last 102-item, $5.1 billion list the Army submitted to Congress for fiscal year ‘23. This year’s UPL follows the Army’s rollout of its $185.5 billion FY ’24 budget…

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