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BAE, GD Nab Army Awards To Prototype New Light Tank

BAE, GD Nab Army Awards To Prototype New Light Tank
BAE Systems' Mobile Protected Firepower submission. (BAE photo)

BAE Systems and General Dynamics [GD] have each been selected by the Army to build 12 prototypes for the Army’s new light tank for its infantry brigades.The two companies beat out a bid by Science Applications International Corp. [SAIC] to move on in the Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) program.BAE Systems' vehicle model for the MPF tank is based on the M8 Armored Gun System with a 105mm cannon. GD's offering combines a version of its latest M1 Abrams tank turret…

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