SOFIC 2018: NSCVs see high demand signal
USSOCOM’s Non Standard Commercial Vehicle (NSCV) fleet is experiencing high theater demand, with a resulting increase in projected production figures.
That was one of the takeaway messages from the Program Executive Office SOF Warrior update presented at this week’s Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC) 2018.
“We’re into the second year of our contract with Battelle,” explained LTC Tom Atkinson, Program Manager, Family of Special Operations Vehicles.
“We completed our IOT&E [initial operational test and evaluation] a few months ago, so we’re starting to take deliveries off that new contract, which goes out for several years. We’ve been fairly
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