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

Abstract

The JLTV is an Army-led, multi-service initiative to develop a family of future light tactical vehicles to replace many of the HMMWVs used by the armed services today. HMMWVs, which first entered service in 1985, were developed during the Cold War when improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and other anti-vehicle explosive devices were not a major factor in military planning. The HMMWV's demonstrated vulnerability to IEDs and the difficulties and costs experienced in "up-armoring" HMMWVs already in the inventory have led to renewed emphasis on vehicle survivability. DOD officials have emphasized that JLTVs are not intended to replace HMMWVs "one for one."

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 09, 2015
Accession Number
ADA634105

Entities

People

  • Andrew Feickert

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Combat Support
  • Congress
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Corporations
  • Department Of Defense
  • Explosive Devices
  • Governments
  • Improvised Explosive Devices
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Acquisition
  • Procurement
  • Tactical Vehicles
  • Vehicles
  • Warfare
  • Weapon Systems

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.