Lawmakers Take Ax To Army's GCV Program

By Tony Bertuca / January 14, 2014 at 5:33 PM
Lawmakers dealt a heavy blow to the Army's troubled Ground Combat Vehicle program in the fiscal year 2014 defense spending bill by slashing the service's $592 million program request to just $100 million. "That cut should put the nail in the current program," said one congressional staffer. "Let's see what the Army asks for in FY-15." The program took three major cuts in the FY-14 defense appropriations bill -- $323 million due to a "program decrease," an additional $99 million...

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