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Army

New All-Terrain MRAP Effort Proceeding, To Be Steered By Marine Corps’ JPO

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Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

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By Emelie Rutherford A Marine Corps-lead effort for buying thousands of a new breed of all-terrain Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle for Afghanistan is moving forward, with a solicitation to industry likely to debut this month, congressional and Pentagon sources said. A request for proposals (RFP) for the joint-service vehicle effort--alternatively called the MRAP All-Terrain Light Combat Vehicle (MATLCV) and the MRAP All Terrain vehicle (MRAP AT) by sources--could emerge as soon as the coming week. The RFP though,…

Congress

HASC’s Final FY ‘27 NDAA Expands Systems Eligible For Multi-Years, Includes LTAMDS, IBCS, ARRW

House defense authorizers added a measure to their version of the next defense policy bill that would expand the list of weapons platforms eligible for multi-year contracts, to include the […]

Congress

HASC Bill Would Allow Air Force To Buy More Than 267 F-15EXs

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal 2027 defense authorization bill would allow the Air Force to buy more than 267 F-15EX fighters by Boeing [BA] and would extend the […]

Budget

Defense Bill Tries To Block Foreign Shipbuilding, Adds $1 Billion For Second DDG

The final version of the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal year 2027 defense authorization bill included two amendments pushed by Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) that restrict procuring Navy warships […]

Congress

Replacement Munitions May Not Be One-for-One; May Include New Weapons Chemistries, Wittman Says

As the Pentagon looks to refill inventories of weapons used in Iran and elsewhere, replacements may not be one for one but instead mark a new portfolio mix, according to […]