Strykers weigh too much for C-130 transport, GAO says

The U.S. Army's Stryker vehicle, developed to fit into the service's transformational plan of becoming lightweight and rapidly deployable, will be too heavy to be transported by C-130 aircraft in many circumstances, especially when equipped with add-on armor, according to a new Government...

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