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New Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle Prototypes Near Do-Or-Die Testing

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Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

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By Emelie Rutherford The Marine Corps' top officer said if a new batch of Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) prototypes don't meet five "knowledge points" during upcoming testing the service will "kill the program and look for alternatives." General Dynamics [GD] in the coming months is expected to officially turn over to the Marine Corps the seven modified EFV prototypes, which have improvements found to be needed during reliability testing on earlier versions of the long-delayed amphibious vehicle. Commandant Gen. James…

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