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EFV Program Showing Steady Gains, Attempts To Terminate It Won’t Be Easy, Official Says

DDN

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

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By Geoff Fein The outgoing deputy assistant secretary of the Navy (DASN) for expeditionary warfare threw his support behind General Dynamics' [GD] Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV), citing the improvement that has taken place since the program underwent restructuring. "I personally believe that we probably would need to create that capability in some amount of capacity," Roger Smith, DASN for expeditionary warfare, told reporters during a Pentagon briefing last week. Smith said there might be other ways to bring Marines ashore,…

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Army

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