Pentagon Aims to Slash Final MRAP Integration Time From a Month to a Week

By Jason Sherman / September 17, 2007 at 5:00 AM
Hoping to make sure newly minted Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles are ready to be whisked to Iraq as soon as possible, the Defense Department is working to slash the time required to outfit them with communications, navigation and classified radio-jamming capabilities from nearly a month down to a week, according to government officials. In addition to significantly accelerating the integration of "government furnished equipment" into the MRAP fleet, the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command operation in Charleston, SC,...

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