Army body armor contract hasn't been awarded yet-Equipment had been promised for April

babylonsister

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Tue May-15-07 05:54 PM
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Army body armor contract hasn't been awarded yet-Equipment had been promised for April

http://stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=45899

Army body armor contract hasn't been awarded yet
Equipment had been promised for April; Marines on Okinawa receive new MTV vests

By Jeff Schogol, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Wednesday, May 17, 2007

ARLINGTON, Va. � The Army is late in delivering newer, lighter body armor to soldiers downrange.

In April, an official with Program Executive Officer Soldier (PEO Soldier) said that soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan would begin to receive the Improved Outer Tactical Vests that month.

�The Army will begin fielding the IOTV April 07 as directed by ,� said Steven Pinter in an e-mailed response to questions to Stars and Stripes last month.

But the Army has not yet awarded a contract for the new body armor, according to PEO Soldier, the Army�s development center for advanced soldier equipment.

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babylonsister

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Tue May-15-07 10:40 PM
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1. Why doesn't this piss anyone off? I don't get it. nt

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magellan

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Tue May-15-07 11:10 PM
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2. I just noticed this

...amongst all the Falwell threads. Outrageous. The Army's been looking at this since at least last OCTOBER.

"In October, an official with the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Center in Massachusetts said the Army may try to roll out the body armor earlier than planned."

Now it's behind schedule. What does it take to certify new body armor, for christ's sake?

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Solly Mack

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Tue May-15-07 11:10 PM
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3. k/r

amazing...

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