Army Acquisition Official Throws Support Behind Vehicle Industrial Base

By Justin Doubleday / July 28, 2014 at 9:30 PM
The Army's top uniformed acquisition official expressed his support for the vehicle industrial base at a recent breakfast, saying the lack of a sustained investment in American manufacturing leaves the United States and its soldiers at risk. "If there's anything I've learned in the last three months after assuming this position, it's how important this notion of the industrial base is," said Lt. Gen. Michael Williamson, the Army's military deputy to the acquisition executive, at the Association of the United...

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