The Defense Department's $1.1 billion reprogramming proposal for the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle program would provide funds for an additional 1,480 vehicles during fiscal year 2007, bringing the total number of vehicles on order to 6,415, according to senior Pentagon officials. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on July 13 approved a plan to maximize production of MRAP that aims to raise monthly production rates up to 1,300 vehicles by December, John Young, head of the Pentagon's MRAP Task Force, told...
