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April 2, 2003 9:00 AM, EST

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img src="/sites/default/files/images/articles/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>The Army and the Technology & Maintenance Council of American Trucking Associations signed a three-year agreement to develop and validate advanced technologies that could be used in both commercial and military vehicles.

The parties said in a memorandum of understanding that the research would pursue four key goals: reducing truck-related fatalities, boosting fuel efficiency, improving equipment reliability and lowering engine emissions.

They said that some advanced technologies span the military and commercial sectors already — including night-vision systems; anti-lock brakes, which are now on cargo and troop carriers known as “Humvees” and medium tactical vehicles; and forward collision warning systems, which are operating on numerous commercial trucks.

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