GAO Questions Army’s $62B Cost Estimates For Combat Vehicles
The Army estimated the OMFV troop carrier would cost $46 billion and the MPF light tank would cost $16 billion. The GAO has doubts.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on August 06, 2020 at 2:59 PM
WASHINGTON: The Army will conduct alternative cost estimates and additional engineering reviews for its future armored fighting vehicles, prodded by a GAO report out today. By GAO’s count, the service has wasted $21.8 billion in the last 20 years on earlier, failed armor programs.
Eager to update its armored force against the Russian threat, the Army is using the accelerated Middle-Tier Acquisition process to develop both the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV), a heavily armed troop carrier to replace the M2 Bradley, and the Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) vehicle, an air-deployable light tank to support paratroopers and other infantry. (Both programs fall under the modernization team for Next Generation Combat Vehicles). BAE and General Dynamics have already built competing prototypes for the MPF, while the OMFV program was recently rebooted and is awaiting new industry proposals for designs.
https://breakingdefense.com/2020/08/gao-questions-armys-62b-cost-estimates-for-combat-vehicles/
