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: Predictive Logistics, vetronics, vehicle electrification and other climate change initiatives, 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, Expandable 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 2023 Project H07 Base funds in the amount of $18.5 million will be used for Climate Initiatives, Improved Vehicle Safety Technologies, and implementation of Predictive Logistics (PL). FY 2023 Project H07 Base funds in the amount of $3.663 million will be used to conduct Production Verification Testing (PVT) of the FMTVA2 based LVAD, Live Fire Test Assets, and Live Fire Testing. The three FMTV LVAD models (M1081, M1093, M1094) ended production in 2009 and represent the oldest vehicles in the FMTV fleet. These vehicles suffer from poor readiness due to maintenance and supply issues as many parts have gone obsolete. Updates to the LVAD fleet are needed to modernize the fleet.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2023
• Source ID: 0604604A_5_2040_PB_2023
• Change Summary Explanation: FY 2023 funding increase reflects the fact that the FY 2022 President's Budget request did not include out-year funding.
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Biomedical
• Energy and Power Technologies
• Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Climate Change
• Command And Control
• Contracts
• Engineering
• Homeland Defense
• Homeland Security
• Maintenance
• Medical Evacuation
• Performance Tests
• Procurement
• Product Development
• Standards
• Systems Engineering
• Tactical Vehicles
• Test And Evaluation
• Test Facilities
• Transportation

Fields of Study

• Engineering

Readers

• Civilian Systems Systems Program Capability Development and Upgrade Support Activity Expense and Pay Management.
• Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
• Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.

Technology Areas

• Autonomy
• Autonomy - UAVs