The Defense Department may include in future budget plans a "placeholder" for the kinds of lightweight but well-protected vehicles needed in Afghanistan, according to the Pentagon's top acquisition executive. At an Oct. 30 roundtable with reporters, John Young said the military is aware of requirements in theater for vehicles that are better able to navigate Afghanistan's rough terrain. "Afghanistan, as you know, right now is an intense theater of operations, and it is a theater characterized by extremely rugged terrain,...
