Medium Tactical Vehicles

Abstract

This Program Element (PE) supports continued modernization of the Army's Medium Tactical Wheeled Vehicle fleets by investigating technology insertions including, but not limited to: prognostics & preventative maintenance, vetronics, vehicle electrification, Victory Architecture, autonomous operations and other emerging technologies. Furthermore, the PE supports developing initial prototypes to enable refinement of Operational Requirements and early user feedback to support future sustainment and operational movement operating concepts. The Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) includes Cargo, Tractor, Load Handling System (LHS), Wrecker, Expandible Van, Shop Van, and Dump variants with payloads ranging from 3-tons to 10-tons and associated companion trailers. FMTV trucks perform over 55 percent of the Army's local haul, line haul, and unit resupply missions. It operates throughout theater as multi-purpose transportation vehicles in combat, combat support, and combat service support units. Funding from this Program Element will be used to support the continued evolution of the future FMTV fleet as well as tech insertion opportunities to keep the current FMTV fleet relevant on today's battlefield. This includes upgrades in survivability and crew protection, improved safety by leveraging advancements in commercial active safety technologies, modernizing the aging Low Velocity Air Drop (LVAD) fleet of vehicles, improved utilization through modularity, integration of advanced high efficiency powertrains and fuel saving technologies, and insertion of autonomous vehicle capabilities that will change the way transportation missions are conducted around the world. FY 2022 Project H07 Base funds in the amount of $3.071 million will be used for Improved Vehicle Safety Technologies and FMTV A2 Operational Testing and Adversarial Assessment. FY 2022 Project H07 Base funds in the amount of $6.478 million will be used for the LVAD Next Generation Analysis STS Work Directive, Test Assets, and Live Fire Testing. Updates to the LVAD are needed to address obsolescence issues and modernize the fleet. The Cold-weather All-Terrain Vehicle (CATV) is a tracked vehicle that will provide transportation for up to a 10-Soldier element, emergency medical evacuation, command and control capability, and general cargo transportation on- and off-road in an Arctic environment under a wide range of otherwise impassable terrain, to include frozen ice, and extreme cold weather conditions to support year-round training as well as to conduct Homeland Defense (HD), Homeland Security (HS), and Defense support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) mission. The CATV will employ two carrier variants: General-purpose carrier variant capable of providing transport for not less than 9 Soldiers, plus the driver within a cab/enclosure (10 Soldiers) with equipment and supplies to sustain three days of combat operations. The General Purpose variant will be reconfigurable to a casualty evacuation (CASEVAC) variant capable of transporting medical equipment, two caregivers, and not less than two litter patients or four ambulatory patients in addition to the driver within a cab/enclosure. The General Purpose variant will also be reconfigurable to a Command and Control (C2) variant providing the space weight and power to hosting standard Joint communications and common operating picture (COP) platforms. The C2 and COP equipment should be able to be used enroute or with minimal setup upon halt by six Soldiers in addition to the driver within a cab/enclosure. Cargo/flatbed capable of carrying outsized equipment and cargo. The cargo variant should allow for loading cargo with a forklift from either side (i.e. dropside or flatbed configuration) and have a cab/enclosure for two Soldiers (driver and vehicle commander). FY 2022 CATV Project BX8 budget activities in the amount of $1.825 million include System Engineering and Management Support, and Test and Evaluation.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2022
• Source ID: 0604604A_5_2040_PB_2022
• Change Summary Explanation: FY 2022 increase is for Project H07 LVAD Next Generation Model.
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Biomedical
• C4I
• Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Combat Operations
• Command And Control
• Contracts
• Emerging Technology
• Engineering
• Homeland Defense
• Homeland Security
• Medical Evacuation
• Procurement
• Product Development
• Program Management
• Security
• Standards
• Systems Engineering
• Tactical Vehicles
• Test And Evaluation
• Test Facilities

Readers

• Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
• Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

• Autonomy
• Autonomy - UAVs
• Fully Networked C3
• Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
• Space