MRAP II Could Miss Upcoming July Contract Award, Young Says

By Daniel Wasserbly / June 3, 2008 at 5:00 AM
A new variant of the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle, called the MRAP II, may not finish testing in time to be included next month in a round of contract awards for the next set of vehicles, according to the Pentagon's acquisition executive. Still, Young stressed that the next set of MRAP awards will "be fundamentally driven by the theater feedback. "We're looking for that theater feedback, we're looking for threat feedback . . . and trying to get the...

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