As the Army prepares a pivot to full-rate production for the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle, the prime contractor, BAE Systems, announced it will open a second production line, and, going forward, take advantage of its advanced digital modeling system, dubbed the Virtual Proving Ground. The AMPV will replace the M113 on a one-to-one basis. The company has already started building full-rate vehicles and will begin delivering them in January. The vehicle has five variations right now : a general-purpose configuration for...
