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Army

Army To Divest Of Its Stryker Mobile Gun Systems By End Of FY ‘22

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, May 12th, 2021

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Army To Divest Of Its Stryker Mobile Gun Systems By End Of FY ‘22

The Stryker Mobile Gun System is an eight-wheeled armored fighting vehicle mounting a 105 mm turret cannon. (U.S. Army photo/Pfc. Alicia C. Torbush)

The Army announced Wednesday it will divest of its Stryker Mobile Gun Systems (MGS) by the end of fiscal year 2022, as it focuses on continued development of future lethality upgrades for the platform and frees up resources for higher priority areas. Officials cited “obsolescence and systemic issues with the system's dated cannon and automatic loader” as reasons for moving on from the Stryker MGS, built by General Dynamics' [GD] Land Systems business. “Decisions on when it is best to…

Congress

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Unmanned Systems

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