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Pentagon Details Need For Thousands Of Armored Vehicles

December 12 2008

USA

The Pentagon has released a request for proposals for thousands of light Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected (MRAP) vehicles, the Army Times reports.

The request seeks bids on designing, building and partially maintaining the MRAP All Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV). It includes plans for awarding up to five contracts for test vehicles this April and a contract for full production in June.

Each M-ATV must weigh 12.5 tons not counting payload, and must come with armor kits that can...

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