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EFV Poised To Enter Critical Testing

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Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

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By Emelie Rutherford The Marine Corps' developmental Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) will enter critical reliability-growth testing in the coming weeks that likely will determine if the long- delayed program will continue. Contractor General Dynamics [GD] this week was expected to turn over to the government the sixth of seven redesigned prototypes, do-overs of the tracked amphibious vehicle that missed reliability goals during a 2006 operational assessment. EFV program manager Col. Keith Moore, meanwhile, is overseeing regression testing of the latest…

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