In the case of maintenance involving EDA, the Army Materiel Command, known as AMC, Life Cycle Management Command's Security Assistance Management Directorate, or SAMD, which in this case was TACOM, works with the organic industrial base to help determine the best options for bringing the materiel to the standards required by the customer. This information is used to develop the FMS Letter of Offer and Acceptance, or LOA, that serves as the official agreement between the partner country and the U.S. Army.
The requirements for the 1,026 M113 Family of Vehicles was actually broken down into two FMS cases. The initial requirement and LOA came from U.S. Forces-Iraq, and was for 586 M113s in the fall of 2010.
"The emphasis was on expediency," said Ryan Calvin, who served as USASAC's team lead for Iraq from November 2010 through November 2012. "That was during the period of transition, and the emphasis was getting the materiel on the ground."
The requirement and LOA with the Iraqis for the additional 440 M113s followed the initial agreement for the 586. The contract was awarded to BAE Systems, with Anniston Army Depot, Ala., or ANAD, assisting with part of the refurbishment work.
ANAD worked 43,084.4 core hours on the BAE vehicles. With the additional work from BAE, the total contract cost for all 1,026 was $51 million.
Anniston's ability to accommodate the large quantity and variety of vehicles, along with its capability to meet the fast paced production schedule requirements, made it the natural choice for conducting the work.
"When Anniston was asked to improve the schedule, they stepped up to the plate and did that," Bert Liptak, director of TACOM's SAMD said.
Old and Incorrect reporting.
It was 1026 M113 family of vehicles.
Loosing the words "family of vehicles" changes the meaning considerably.
I wrote of the actual breakdown over 2 years ago yet it still keeps being misreported:
http://home.comcast.net/~djyae/site/?/blog/view/93/
On 20 April, the US DSCA Excess Defense Articles board updated for Iraq in 2010. While many of the major items listed under 22 June 2010 and 24 September 2010 had already been reported, this update finally provided a breakdown of the 1,026 M113 variants being provided to the Iraqi Army:
120 M198 155mm towed howitzers [54 on 22 June and 66 on 24 September];
14 MRAP non-standard [22 June];
20 M88A1 [24 September];
1,026 M113 Family of Vehicles:
618 M113A2 APC [440 on 22 June and 178 on 24 September];
68 M113A2 Ambulances [24 September];
192 M548A1 Cargo Carriers [24 September];
66 M1064 120mm Mortar Carriers [24 September];
80 M577A2 Command Posts [24 September];
2 M577A2 Emergency Medical Treatment Vehicles [24 September].
PS All of those vehicles were delivered by end-2012.
@ DJ Elliott, thank you for your comments - much appreciated. FYI, the report above was issued on the US Army's official website (http://www.army.mil) on 28th June.
- Editor