Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV): Background and Issues for Congress

Abstract

The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) is currently being developed by the Army and the Marine Corps as a successor to the 11 different versions of the High Mobility, Multi-Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) that have been in service since 1985. On October 28, 2008, three awards were made for the JLTV Technology Development (TD) Phase, which is scheduled to conclude in the June 2011 timeframe, for a total of $166 million to three industry teams. Prototypes from (1) BAE Systems, (2) the team of Lockheed Martin and General Tactical Vehicle, and (3) AM General and General Dynamics Land Systems are being tested at Aberdeen Test Center in Maryland and the Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona for each of the three JLTV categories. Once testing is completed and technology requirements are established, a full and open competition is expected to be conducted in the late summer, 2011, for the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) Phase. The Department of Defense (DOD) plans to award two contracts for the EMD phase, which is scheduled to last 24 months.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 17, 2010
Accession Number
ADA529753

Entities

People

  • Andrew Feickert

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Counter IED
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Congress
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Improvised Explosive Devices
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Acquisition
  • National Security
  • Payload
  • Procurement
  • Tactical Vehicles
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.