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Final Defense Spending Bill Increases Funding For Stryker Hull Upgrades

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, September 14th, 2018

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Final Defense Spending Bill Increases Funding For Stryker Hull Upgrades

Stryker. Photo: U.S. Army

Congress has matched the Army’s $4.1 billion vehicle budget request in the final version of the fiscal year 2019 spending bill, while including a $200 million increase for Stryker upgrades needed to complete critical conversions to the modernized double-v hull variant.The final version of the House and Senate’s conference defense appropriations bill includes a provision for the Secretary of the Army to submit a report outlining a revised Stryker acquisition strategy to understand how the service will meet an Army…

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