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Panel Blocks DoD From Reducing Funds For Vehicle Upgrades

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Friday, August 13th, 2010

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By Emelie Rutherford A House panel is continuing to fight back Pentagon attempts to take away already-pegged-for Army vehicle upgrades. The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) in an Aug. 10 letter denied the Defense Department's request to remove $143.2 million in research and development funds slated for upgrading M1 Abrams tanks and M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicles (BFVs), as well as $200 million in procurement monies for modifying Bradleys. General Dynamics [GD] builds the Abrams tank and BAE Systems makes the Bradley.…

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