If the Army approves funding to keep the production line steady, industry can deliver 130 Stryker vehicles with “MRAP-like” protection in time for the next Stryker brigade’s deployment, sources said.
The Army is nearing a decision on whether to give the flat-bottomed Stryker a double V-shaped hull, which would provide protection equivalent to that of a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle, sources said.
If the Army approves funding to keep the production line steady, industry can deliver 130 Stryker vehicles with “MRAP-like” protection in time for the next Stryker brigade’s deployment, sources said.
The Army is nearing a decision on whether to give the flat-bottomed Stryker a double V-shaped hull, which would provide protection equivalent to that of a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle, sources said.