Article: Pentagon cancels procuring M10 Booker combat vehicles due to “current world events”

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Jun 12, 2025

Pentagon cancels procuring M10 Booker combat vehicles due to “current world events”

PHOTO CAPTION: Illustrative photo — A live fire demonstration of the M10 Booker is observed at Aberdeen Proving Ground, in Aberdeen, Md., April 18, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Christopher Kaufmann via U.S. Defense Visual Information Distribution Service)

The Pentagon on Wednesday said it would cancel plans to procure M10 Booker combat vehicles that it had agreed to in a 2022 contract with General Dynamics Land Systems "in response to current world events."

"The Army will request to reallocate the remaining funds in fiscal 2025 to accelerate fielding of war-winning capabilities and anticipates additional significant savings to be fully realized within the next 18-24 months," the Pentagon said in a statement.

(Reporting by Jasper Ward; Editing by Leslie Adler // REUTERS)

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