Army planning to stretch AMPV procurement

By Ashley Tressel / March 18, 2019 at 1:01 PM
The Army is seeking to slow-roll procurement of the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle, its personnel carrier replacement, to save money for other modernization projects, cutting the number of vehicles it was projected to buy in fiscal year 2021. The service's FY-20 budget justification books released today show a 30 percent decrease in the number of AMPVs the Army plans to buy in FY-21, forecasting 143 vehicles instead of the 204 projected in last year's request. The cut would constitute a 25...

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