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Industry Teams Submit Proposals For Army Ground Combat Vehicle

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Friday, May 28th, 2010

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Teams led by BAE Systems, General Dynamics [GD], and SAIC [SAI], have submitted proposals for the Army's Technology Development phase of the Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) program. The GCV is the Army's modernization effort to replace the terminated Manned Ground Vehicle portion of the Future Combat Systems. The Request for Proposals (RFP) closed May 21, and marks the beginning of the formal source selection process that is expected to culminate with as many as three competitive…

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