Thornberry adds Stryker upgrade funding to authorization bill

By Ashley Tressel / May 7, 2018 at 8:00 AM
The House Armed Services Committee chairman's mark of the fiscal year 2019 defense authorization bill includes $360 million for Stryker upgrades, according to a summary provided by the committee . The proposed authorization represents a $338.1 million increase over the FY-19 budget request, which included $22 million to convert three flat-bottom Stryker vehicles to the Double V-Hull A1 configuration. A group of lawmakers on the Senate Armed Services Committee wrote a letter on April 27 to Chairman John McCain (R-AZ)...

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