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Congress

Hill Casts Wary Eye On Post-EFV Plans

Julie Samuel

Monday, May 23rd, 2011

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The heads of a Senate panel grilled naval officials about plans to cancel the Marine Corps’ Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) last week, as the House prepares to debate a defense bill this week that calls for scaling back planned work on a replacement vehicle. The Senate Armed Services Seapower subcommittee quizzed Navy acquisition chief Sean Stackley and Deputy Marine Corps Commandant for Combat Development and Integration Lt. Gen. George Flynn at length about plans to kill General Dynamics’ [GD] EFV on May…

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