Odierno: Protest Delay Will Cost GCV One Year And $1.7 Billion

By Tony Bertuca / January 27, 2012 at 4:17 PM
A bid protest in the Ground Combat Vehicle program will lead to a one-year delay as well as a $1.7 billion cut over five years, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno said today. On Dec. 5, the Government Accountability Office ruled against Science Applications International Corp., which had filed a bid protest against the Army's GCV program after it failed to win a technology-development contract. The Army did award TD contracts worth roughly $450 million apiece to GCV teams...

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