The Pentagon's high-level requirements panel next week will revisit the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle program and assess the assumptions underpinning the Marine Corps' rapid acquisition strategy, which relies on eight different companies producing a fleet of nearly 8,000 vehicles over the next 18 months. The Joint Requirements Oversight Council on May 2 is expected to consider, and possibly ratify, a requirement for 7,774 MRAP vehicles across the entire U.S. military as detailed in a Capability Production Document in development...
