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Brogan: New Mine-Proof Truck Effort Benefitting From MRAP Lessons

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Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford The effort to build an off-road version of the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) is benefitting from lessons learned during the highly scrutinized MRAP effort, including modifying how government equipment is added and involving varied Washington officials, a program leader said. Brig. Gen. Michael Brogan, the Marine Corps Systems Command leader and MRAP joint program executive officer, told Defense Daily a fundamental lesson being applied to the MRAP All-Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV) program is using a single vendor…

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