Industry has until Feb. 24 to submit offers responding to the final Request for Proposals (RFP) for a potential $5 billion Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) program expected to replace the venerable M113 armored personnel carrier and its family of vehicles. M113 Fallujah Photo: DoD The Army expects to make one award, in the spring of 2014, according to a Congressional Research Service (CRS) report on the AMPV issued Sept. 24, the same month the service anticipated releasing the RFP,…
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