Budget delay slows upgrades to AMPV industrial base, other Army modernization priorities at risk

By Ethan Sterenfeld / December 10, 2021 at 1:43 PM
Production line upgrades in support of one of the Army's priority modernization programs have already been delayed by the lack of a fiscal year 2022 defense appropriations bill, and more delays will come if continuing resolutions extend far into the second quarter, according to the Army. Rather than pass a new budget when FY-22 began on Oct. 1, Congress has funded the federal government through continuing resolutions, which lock funding at the previous fiscal year's levels. This prevents the Army...

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