The Army wants to accelerate the start of a new program to develop a combat tow truck that can haul more than 80 tons -- to replace the current Heavy Equipment Transporter System that can pull 70 tons -- by using fiscal year 2016 funds to kick-start an engineering study that previously was planned to begin in FY-17. On June 30, Pentagon Comptroller Mike McCord sent Congress a $2.6 billion omnibus reprogramming request that includes an Army proposal to shift...
