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Army

General Dynamics, BAE Teams Win Contracts As DoD Approves Army GCV Plan

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, August 19th, 2011

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Teams led by General Dynamics [GD] and BAE Systems were selected over a SAIC [SAI] team in winning contracts from the Army for the Technology Development phase of the Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) program, hours after the top Defense Department acquisition official reviewed and certified the program. Signed Aug. 17 by Ashton Carter, under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, the acquisition decision memorandum (ADM) approves Milestone A for the infantry fighting vehicle variant,…

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Congress

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Missile Defense

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