First AMPV LRIP delivery expected in March

By Ashley Tressel / February 3, 2020 at 1:34 PM
The Army expects BAE Systems' delivery of the first low-rate initial production Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle in March, which reflects a two-month delay that "will have a significant effect on the remaining test schedule," according to the Pentagon's top weapons tester. Director of Operational Test and Evaluation Robert Behler's annual report , dated Dec. 20, 2019, says completion of production qualification testing will be delayed by seven months due to "tooling and the assembly line challenges" at BAE's plant in York,...

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