Tactical Wheeled Vehicles

The Army must prioritize "close combat overmatch" and ground vehicles in its modernization efforts, according to the director of the Army Capabilities Integration Center, housed within Training and Doctrine Command.

Congress has approved a $9.5 million reprogramming action allowing the Marine Corps to buy 144 Polaris MRZRS as part of a new-start "utility task vehicle" program.

The Army is working to address delamination of transparent armor in its Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle fleet, Inside the Army has learned.

The Marine Corps is awaiting analysis on safety risks identified from its urgent acquisition of the Automatic Fire Extinguishing System for the Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement, according to the service.

The Marine Corps is seeking a solution from industry on faulty transparent armor ballistic glass across the tactical wheeled vehicle fleet, Inside Defense has learned.

After years in a "comfort zone" based on operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army has "started to turn the table" toward building decisive action readiness, according to the service's deputy chief of staff for logistics.

The Army plans to use the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, slated to begin deliveries late this year, to serve as its Light Reconnaissance Vehicle on an interim basis, according to two generals with knowledge of the situation.

Lawmakers have proposed $50 million to recapitalize ambulance variants of active-Army humvees, pushing the service to consider expanding the program in future years.

The Defense Department reported a net increase of $4.5 billion over the last year in total program cost for its entire portfolio of major weapon system programs -- a collection of 79 big-ticket projects that accounted for $73 billion in the fiscal year 2016 budget -- with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, the Pentagon's single biggest acquisition, notching the largest reduction in estimated acquisition cost.