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GD: Successful EFV Testing Means Program Should Stay

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Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

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By Emelie Rutherford General Dynamics [GD] argued yesterday that the recently completed and successful testing of its Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) bolsters its argument for keeping alive the Marine Crops program, which the firm insisted it could make affordable for the service. Michael Bolon, General Dynamics Land Systems' senior vice president of Navy and Marine Corps programs, told reporters yesterday that four EFV prototypes completed reliability growth testing this week with a raw score of 31.2 hours mean time between…

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