Aright this is about
USA UNIT 339 AMPV I recommend a revised
START date of
JUN 2023 vice current
JAN 2022..
Issues...
1. Production line tooling issues.
2. Other technical testing and equipment issues.
3. Budget cut recommendations (
Enacted.) from the Army and Congress to support funding for other modernization programs.
4. Production delays due to
COVID-19. Since we're now
"officially" in the
4th wave, possible further delay possible.
However, I'm NOT basing my recommendation on "possible", it's based on trends and factual data at this time.
OVERVIEW: Project started in
2014. The Army was expected to have
~258 Units by 2020.. As of this month the Army has around
35 Units in testing NOW!
Current Testing from
23 July 2021...
https://www.armyrecognition.com/defe...d_testing.html
First article w/ Overview and first of delays discussed from
04 November 2020....
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army...ampv-fielding/
Current article discusses contract approved to
modify spare parts, if your
modifying that means what you have
doesn't work!!
I quote from the next dated
16 May 2021.
"The work, which is is
expected to be
complete in Jan. 2023, will be performed in York, Pennsylvania, where BAE Systems builds the armored vehicles and its modernized howitzers."
"The first fielding for
AMPV is
projected in the
second quarter of FY23 (That means No Sooner THEN JAN - APR 2023, roughly a year after the start of the IOT&E, according to the Army’s Program Executive Office for Ground Combat Systems (PEO GCS)."
I believe
JUNE 2023 to be a much "
safer" START date.
https://defence-blog.com/new-deal-mo...tial-fielding/
I read "my papers" and this is how the
POOP begins!?!
BEDTIME!!
Regards,
Pat
