Welcome to part two of our regular bi-monthly summary of recent Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports and primers on a range of defense, weapon system, acquisition, sustainment, pandemic, and supply chain management-related topics. Several recent issuances of potential interest to the defense acquisition workforce community include:

• Marine Corps Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV), May 27, 2022
• Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), May 26, 2022
• Military Applications of Extended Reality, May 26, 2022
• The Army’s Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV), May 25, 2022
• The U.S. Army’s Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW), May 23, 2022
• Defense Primer: Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) Process, May 20, 2022
• FY2022 National Defense Authorization Act: Context and Selected Issues for Congress, May 20, 2022
• Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program: Background and Issues for Congress, May 18, 2022
• |The Army’s Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) System, May 18, 2022
• The Army’s Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV) Program, May 18, 2022
• The Marine Corps’ Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV), May 18, 2022

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