The Defense Department is likely to order at least 1,000 more Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicles early next week, program officials said today. The Pentagon is 1,400 vehicles shy of the Joint Requirements Oversight Council-approved requirement of 6,644 M-ATVs, but MRAP program manager Paul Mann told Inside the Army today that orders are planned based on lead time. Speaking to ITA at an M-ATV display at the Pentagon, he predicted DOD will "at least order 1,000" around Nov. 10,...
