Some $15 million of fiscal year 2018 funds previously intended to upgrade a limited quantity of Vietnam-era M113 armored personnel carriers has been reprogrammed "to fund higher priorities," according to the Army's acquisition executive. The Army decided in October to rescind a 2016 directed requirement ordering the upgrades to the vehicle for units above brigades, acquisition chief Bruce Jette wrote in a Nov. 9 letter to the congressional defense committees. The M113 was already set to be replaced by the...
