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Article: United States: BAE supporters fight contract.
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- October 1, 2009
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BAE Systems Inc. and its congressional supporters are challenging the Army s award of a lucrative truck contract to Oshkosh Corp. Reps. Robert Andrews (D-N.J.) and Mike Conaway (R-Texas) are requesting a briefing from Pentagon acquisitions chief Ashton Carter by Oct. 2 on the process and rationale behind the $3 billion contract.
Andrews and Conaway lead the ad-hoc House Armed Services Committee sub-panel on acquisition reform. The Army truck program, known as the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles, or FMTV, falls under the jurisdiction of the Air and Land subcommittee, but the leaders of that panel have not weighed in on the issue.
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