Contractor protest derails work on Army ground combat vehicle
One bid for the new 60-ton armored personnel carrier would use hybrid-electric drive technology.
The Army's $7.6 billion project to develop an advanced, high-tech replacement for the Bradley Fighting Vehicle hit a speed bump Friday when SAIC filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office against the service's Aug. 18 award of technology development contracts for the new ground combat vehicle to BAE Systems and General Dynamics. The contracts have a combined value of $878 million.
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