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 was awarded on 09 February 2023 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 2025 budget funds $27.013M for multiple efforts including $24.800M for the development and continuation of Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEV) and Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) that support Army Demand Reduction strategies to field purpose-built hybrid-drive tactical vehicles and mitigate a gap in Large-Scale Combat Operations to employ semi-independent maneuver in a Multi-Domain Operational (MDO) environment. A JLTV HEV/BEV will seek to improve and provide new capabilities such as silent mobility, extended silent watch, reduced fuel consumption, increased automotive performance, increased on-board vehicle power (Direct Current), available export power (Alternating Current), integrated charging, and potential Vehicle-To-Grid (V2G). Funding in the amount of $1.414M also supports the development and continuation of engineering efforts including 3PMSF winter tires, force protection enhancements, suspension enhancements, signature management mitigations and other emerging technologies. The continuation of Follow-on-Contract Live Fire Evaluation testing will be funded to $0.758M and Follow-On Test Contractor support will be funded to $0.041M.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2025
• Source ID: 0605812A_5_2040_PB_2025
• Change Summary Explanation: FY 2025 funding increase due to economic adjustment.
• Service Agency Name: Army

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• United States Army

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