DOD Adds More Funds For New Army Vehicles

By Dan Dupont / January 10, 2000 at 5:00 AM
The Office of the Secretary of Defense last week granted the Army an additional $20 million for the service's new Medium Armored Vehicle program, bringing total funding for the effort to nearly $4.8 billion through fiscal year 2005. MAVs are interim vehicles for the new medium "Brigade Combat Teams" the service plans to field as part of Chief of Staff Gen. Eric Shinseki's new vision for the future force. The fiscal year 2001 boost came in the form of program...

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