As part of its efforts to ensure the industrial base is equipped to properly supply the armed forces, the Defense Department is planning a new program that aims to rectify a shortfall in the private sector's ability to produce low-cost, low-weight, high-strength materials. The Advanced Structure and Armor Materials for Combat Vehicles Project, slated to begin in fiscal year 2011, was disclosed last week as part of the Defense Department's $36 million package of proposed investments in fiscal year 2009...
