Sec. 5102. Upgrade of M113 vehicles
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No amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2018 may be obligated or expended to upgrade Army M113 vehicles until the Secretary of the Army submits to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth the strategy of the Army for the upgrade of such vehicles. The report shall include the following: A detailed strategy for upgrading and fielding M113 vehicles. An analysis of the manner in which the Army plans to address M113 vehicle survivability and maneuverability concerns.
An analysis of the historical costs associated with upgrading M113 vehicles, and a validation of current cost estimates for upgrading such vehicles. A comparison of total procurement and life cycle costs of adding an echelon above brigade
(EAB)requirement to the Army Multi-Purpose Vehicle
(AMPV)with total procurement and life cycle costs of upgrading legacy M113 vehicles. An analysis of the possibility of further accelerating Army Multi-Purpose Vehicle production or modifying the current fielding strategy for the Army Multi-Purpose Vehicle to meet near-term echelon above brigade requirements.