It's official: the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle program has formally joined the ranks of the Defense Department's big-ticket weapon programs. The designation came Sept. 6, in a memorandum from acting acquisition executive John Young that named MRAP an acquisition category ID program. The bureaucratic maneuver, in the works for seven months, requires the quick-moving armored-truck procurement program to fall in line with statutory requirements and paperwork reserved for major weapon system purchases. In addition, Young directed that an acquisition...
