Abrams tank contractor General Dynamics Land Systems is pitching a proposal on Capitol Hill that calls for lawmakers to insert more than $180 million in unrequested funding into the Army's fiscal year 2013 budget to protect industrial capacity at a plant in Lima, OH, though the service does not want it, InsideDefense.com has learned. Senior Army leaders, citing fiscal reasons, have steadfastly stood by their plans to mothball the Abrams plant until the beginning of planned tank modernization work...
