A year after Nunn-McCurdy breach resolved, overall AMPV cost starting to drop, Army says

By Dominic Minadeo / January 13, 2025 at 5:15 AM
The Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle resolved a significant Nunn-McCurdy breach against its current baseline in late 2023, according to a Modernized Selected Acquisition Report made publicly available in September. The breach, which saw a 33% growth in the program’s estimated acquisition unit cost and a 35% rise in its estimated average procurement cost from its 2015 baseline, was driven by two factors, according to the SAR: a surprising spike in labor and material costs caused by shutdowns stemming from the COVID-19...

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