Pentagon assertions that Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle production will increase by 60 percent this year are based on pledges made by MRAP makers competing for additional orders, not on independent industrial estimates worked up by the Defense Department. Senior Pentagon leaders told lawmakers at a hearing today that the Defense Contract Management Agency -- which in April estimated monthly MRAP production rates might reach 977 by December -- was not involved in preparing the new plan to accelerate MRAP...
