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Navy/USMC

BAE Finishes Survivability Testing For MPC, Hopes For Land Characterization Funding

Mai Hanoon

Thursday, September 26th, 2013

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BAE Systems earlier this month finished survivability characterization and testing on its Marine Personnel Carrier (MPC) and hopes the Marine Corps may be able to fund the lone remaining test before shelving the project for several years, the company’s MPC program manager said. BAE brought its version of the MPC to the Modern Day Marine military exposition at Marine Corps Base Quantico this week, despite Marine officials saying earlier this year they needed to put MPC development on hold so…

Army

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Army

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