Army Eyes $10 Billion in Procurement Cuts to Fund Larger MRAP Fleet

By Jason Sherman / May 16, 2007 at 5:00 AM
The Army is looking to slash as much as $10 billion from its procurement accounts to pay for a larger fleet of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles, setting off a round of budget drills that could throw its modernization goals into chaos and trigger a wave of program terminations and delays, according to Defense Department officials. In a bid to find between $8 billion and $10 billion for a down payment on as many as 15,000 additional MRAP vehicles requested...

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