GAO Decision: Force Protection Features Cost SAIC-Boeing In GCV Competition

By Sebastian Sprenger / January 11, 2012 at 9:10 PM
Science Applications International Corp. and Boeing were excluded from the Army's Ground Combat Vehicle program last year because of concerns over their design's force-protection features, according to the Government Accountability Office. At issue is the industry team's proposal for an active protection system, aimed at destroying incoming rockets and grenades, and the design of its underbody armor, designed to protect a GCV's crew against improvised explosive devices. Force protection was a major factor on which offerors were judged when the...

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