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Marine Corps PEO’s Advice To Industry Amid Budget-Cutting Talk

Friday, September 28th, 2012

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The Marine Corps’ sole program executive officer (PEO) has a message to the defense industry: don’t over-analyze budget-cutting talks and bring your “A game” to his service. William Taylor, the program executive officer for Land Systems, oversees the acquisition and helps with the development of programs including the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV), Common Aviation Command and Control System (CAC2S), and Ground-Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR). Taylor said in an interview he is pleased that the…

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