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Lawmakers Want Army To Speed Armored Vehicle, Helicopter Upgrades

Wednesday, May 9th, 2018

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Recognizing the Army’s need to upgrade or replace its ground vehicles and aircraft for future combat, House lawmakers will ask for plans to accelerate both the modernization of its armored brigade combat teams (ABCT) and the Future Vertical Lift (FVL) effort to develop a next-generation helicopter.In its mark of the fiscal 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the House Armed Services Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee applauds the Army’s efforts to incrementally upgrade its ground vehicles and helicopters to…

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