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Murtha, Taylor Concerned About Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle Design

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Monday, March 16th, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford Two congressmen who help dictate funding for the Marine Corps' developmental Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) said they have concerns about its design that could impact their support for the program. House Appropriations Defense subcommittee (HAC-D) Chairman John Murtha (D-Pa.) told Defense Daily last week one of his "biggest concerns" with the developmental EFV is its flat bottom, because he'd prefer an underbelly-explosion-deflecting V-shaped bottom like the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle (MRAP) has. The EFV program is "on…

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