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HASC Panel Wants Army AMPV Report,To Include Wheeled Medical Vehicle

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, April 30th, 2014

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HASC Panel Wants Army AMPV Report,To Include Wheeled Medical Vehicle

M113 Photo: BAE Systems

Until congressional defense committees receive a report on the Army’s plan to replace M113 vehicles with Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicles (AMPV), including a look at a wheeled medical variant, a House Armed Services Committee (HASC) panel would limit program spending to no more than 80 percent of the final funding total. HASC April 30 released legislative language that the Tactical Air and Land Forces subcommittee will consider Thursday in their markup of the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act. “The committee continues…

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