The $2.6B Overrun That Never Was: A DC Cautionary Tale

The $2.6B Overrun That Never Was: A DC Cautionary Tale
The $2.6B Overrun That Never Was: A DC Cautionary Tale

WASHINGTON: This morning, Sen. Dick Durbin set off heart attacks across the Army when he said the service’s $13.8 billion Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle program was a whopping $2.6 billion over budget. AMPV is the last survivor of 14 years of cancelled major programs and deliberately designed to be modest, achievable, and affordable, so the previously…