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Army Competition Opened ‘Pandora’s Box’ For HIMARS Program

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Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

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By Ann Roosevelt Army officials are concerned about completing the buy of High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), after incumbant BAE Systems lost a competitive rebuy of the Family of Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) to Oshkosh Corp. [OSK], leaving a procurement gap for the launcher built on an FMTV chassis that offers soldiers and Marines the precision firepower of the family of multiple launch rocket system (MLRS), an official said. The HIMARS system, first fielded in 2005, has deployed to both Iraq…

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