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Raytheon In Talks To Tackle Army’s New Light Tank

Raytheon In Talks To Tackle Army’s New Light Tank
A light armored vehicle prototype fires an integrated 30mm cannon during a live fire demonstration July 15 at Fort Benning, Ga. Photo: Army.

MCKINNEY, Texas – Raytheon [RTN[, which makes neither vehicles nor guns, is in talks with manufacturers of both in pursuit of the Army’s new light tank.Mobile protected firepower, or MPF, ranks among the Army’s top modernization priorities and could be so important that it will pull resources from other ongoing vehicle upgrade efforts, said Michael Nave, business development director for land warfare systems at Raytheon.“The priority that the government is giving to MPF, I think it is going to be…

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