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Army

Navistar, BAE Systems, GTV, Await Government JLTV Debriefings

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, August 24th, 2012

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Contractors unsuccessful in proposing their Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV) for the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase of the Army-Marine program now await debriefings by the government before determining their next steps, officials from Navistar Defense [NAV], General Tactical Vehicle and BAE Systems officials said. For example, the companies could protest the Army’s decisions to award contracts to AM General, Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Oshkosh [OSK] to the Government Accountability Office. Companies could even decide to continue on their own…

Space

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Congress

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Pentagon

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Congress

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