The Army wants an immediate $10 million to advance trade studies of the Mobile Protected Firepower vehicle concept, funding that would help beef up the case for initiating an analysis of alternatives in fiscal year 2017 of a new major weapon system the service believes is critical to future effectiveness of its infantry brigade combat teams. On June 30, Pentagon Comptroller Mike McCord sent Congress a $2.6 billion omnibus reprogramming request that proposes shifting $10 million into an Army advanced...
