Thanks WU! I'll see you in 5 months!

[wilcav]

Sorry for another minor hijack.

Lynn,

Are you still building the M2/M3 from scratch? I work the with the Master Gunners at Fort Knox. We did a tour of the Tank Plant in Lima, OH. As for the M1 series, they haven't "made" a tank since the 80's. Everything is just refurbished now. I was wondering if that is also true for the Brads?

Also saw the MRAPs there as well. They do all the welding for the cabs. It is absolutely amazing the work y'all do at those facilities. As someone that has used your products, I can definitely attest to their quality. Keep up the great work.

Chris

[lynn]

Chris, like our competitor/supplier/partner (depending on program) General Dynamics that you visited, we haven't built any new Bradley hulls since the early 90s. Now they are all "remanufactured", or "reset" (reset isa level below reman, not a total remanufacture, but made combat ready with a large percentage of refurbished parts. Cheaper and faster turn around, important as long as we have troops in Iraq)

There are quite a few manufacturers buildin MRAPs. We're cranking them out as fast as we can. These are all new build.
Looks like the next complete new build may be the next generation M109 howitzer, and hopefully we'll get to build some JLTVs.

Thanks for the kind words Chris. We do our best to turn out a product that keeps our guys safe.