Army buys 545 humvees following procurement cancellation

By Dominic Minadeo / August 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The Army is spending $127 million on 545 more humvees three months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a stop on future buys of the vehicle under the Army Transformation Initiative . The order, awarded June 28 but announced on Tuesday , will source funds from the Army’s fiscal year 2025 “other procurement” account, which saw big congressional increases for humvee spending that appropriators wrote into spending guidance tables they sent the Pentagon under the yearlong continuing resolution. “The $126.5M...

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