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Pentagon Poised To Shut Down EFV, Launch Three Related Vehicle Efforts

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Thursday, January 13th, 2011

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By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon is poised to kick off the process of shutting down the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) program and issue requests to industry on three related vehicle efforts in the coming weeks, a top Marine Corps official said yesterday. Congress will not start officially vetting Defense Secretary Robert Gates' plan to kill the EFV, as part of an array of proposed budget cuts, until after President Barack Obama releases his proposed fiscal year 2012 Pentagon budget in…

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