Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) Engineering and Manufacturing Development Phase (EMD)

Abstract

The JLTV Family of Vehicles (FoV), to include a companion trailer, is a United States Army (USA) acquisition lead, joint program with the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC). The JLTV is capable of performing multiple mission roles and designed to provide protected, sustained, networked mobility for personnel and payloads across the full range of military operations. JLTV objectives include increased protection and performance over the current fleet; and, minimizing ownership costs by maximizing commonality, fuel efficiency, reliability, and maintaining effective competition throughout the life cycle. Commonality of components, maintenance procedures, training, etc., among vehicles is expected to be inherent in FoV solutions across mission variants to minimize total ownership cost. Unique service requirements have been minimized. The JLTV Trailer (JLTV-T) is the companion trailer to the JLTV and safely carries its payload while maintaining the same mobility characteristics of the prime mover. The trailer requirement as defined in the Capability Production Document (CPD), dated 21 November 2014 was validated on 7 June 2019 by the Army and required the JLTV and JLTV-T to be fielded as a system. On November 2019, Army Futures Command validated the JLTV-T Army Procurement Objective (APO) of 18,224. The Follow-on JLTV Contract award remains on track to be awarded in Q4 FY 2022. JLTV intends to competitively award the follow-on Contract as a single award five year requirements contract with five one year options. This program element supports modernization of the JLTV FoV by investigating technology insertions including, but not limited to: predictive logistics, vetronics, Victory Architecture, autonomous operations and other emerging technologies. This program element also supports developing initial prototypes to enable refinement of Operational Requirements and early user feedback to support future sustainment and operational movement operating concepts. The FY 2023 budget funds the acquisition of 1 JLTV General Purpose truck and 2 Cab test assets in support of the Follow-on Contract Live Fire testing; and the development and continuation of engineering efforts. Engineering efforts include the continuation of development and integration of Climate Change initiatives and reduced liquid logistics such as anti-idle technology on the JLTV A1/A0, and JLTV Electrification analysis and demonstrations in support of vehicle electrification to determine the propulsion system sizing that would be required to deliver similar/optimal mobility to the current conventional propulsion system; occupant safety and survivability technologies; integration of emerging requirements related to lethality, utility, C5ISR (capability sets) and operational needs.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2023
• Source ID: 0605812A_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

• Cyber
• Human Systems
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Army Procurement
• Climate Change
• Command And Control
• Contractors
• Contracts
• Cost Analysis
• Emerging Technology
• Engineering
• Fuel Efficiency
• Life Cycles
• Logistics
• Manufacturing
• Marine Corps
• Military Operations
• Procurement
• Propulsion Systems
• Test And Evaluation

Readers

• Civilian Systems Systems Program Capability Development and Upgrade Support Activity Expense and Pay Management.
• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.