
A day before a decision was due on a protest of the requirements for the Army’s Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV), 10 lawmakers sent the Pentagon’s chief buyer a letter strongly urging a mixed fleet of tracked and wheeled vehicles to fill Army requirements. Members wanted the current request for proposals (RFP)--with bids due at the end of May-- suspended. “We strongly support a modified RFP allowing for a mixed fleet of both track and wheel vehicles to fit within…