LIGHT TACTICAL WHEELED VEHICLES

Abstract

The Army Ground Mobility Vehicle (GMV) provides enhanced tactical mobility for an Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) 9-Soldier infantry squad with their associated equipment to move quickly around the battlefield. This capability is required across the range of military operations facing IBCT units conducting crises response, initial entry, and selected decisive action missions. GMV deploys worldwide by sea, air, and land modes to support strategic deployment and operational maneuver in accordance with Army and Joint doctrine. This capability provides flexibility for entry operations (permissive and non-permissive) to counter threat anti-access strategies by using multiple austere entry points to bring in combined arms configured units. The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle - Reconnaissance Vehicle (JLTV-RV) was designated as the interim solution (2016 AROCM16-11.2) for the Light Reconnaissance Vehicle (LRV) to address a near term capability gap identified in the U.S. Army Combat Vehicle Modernization Strategy for the IBCT Cavalry Squadrons and Infantry Battalion Scout Platoons. This effort includes increased precision lethality through improved optics and a larger caliber weapon system to provide overmatch and counter threats as forces perform reconnaissance, surveillance and security operations. FY19 GMV budget activities include Contractor Test Support, PQT testing to support FMR for A-GMV 1.1. testing, and program management support. FY19 JLTV-LRV budget activities include Contractor Test Support, safety, performance, reliability, and ballistic testing of the JLTV-LRV, and program management support.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2019
Source ID
0604642A_5_2040_PB_2019
Change Summary Explanation
FY19 decrease of $88K is due to economic adjustment for inflation.
Service Agency Name
Army

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Army
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Cost Analysis
  • Military Operations
  • Product Development
  • Program Management
  • Reconnaissance
  • Reconnaissance Vehicles
  • Resilience
  • Tactical Vehicles
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Vehicles
  • Warfare
  • Weapon Systems

Readers

  • Military Science
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

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