The next-generation Light Armored Vehicle currently being contemplated by requirements developers needs to have an open-architecture design and could be based off the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, according to the head of Marine Corps requirements.
Tactical Wheeled Vehicles
September 30, 2016 |
Inside the Navy
Oshkosh Defense has the capacity to build Joint Light Tactical Vehicles for the U.S. Army and Marine Corps while concurrently producing vehicles for a foreign government such as the United Kingdom.
September 27, 2016 |
Daily News
Oshkosh Defense received a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle contract modification in the same week the company is scheduled to complete the vehicle's first delivery.
September 27, 2016 |
Daily News
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.
August 26, 2016 |
Inside the Army
The Army last week released a presolicitation notice regarding a contract for upgrades to the family of medium tactical vehicles, although quantities and funding levels remain pending.
August 12, 2016 |
Inside the Navy
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.
July 29, 2016 |
Inside the Army
The Army is keeping to its schedule for the Ground Mobility Vehicle, which the service touts as a key investment in the push to rebuild readiness and address emerging threats.
July 22, 2016 |
Inside the Army
The Army is working to address delamination of transparent armor in its Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle fleet, Inside the Army has learned.
July 22, 2016 |
Inside the Navy
The Marine Corps hopes to modify its performance specification for transparent armor over the next three to four months as the service's first wave of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles are in reset at depots across the country.
July 15, 2016 |
Inside the Navy
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.
July 08, 2016 |
Daily News
The Army wants to accelerate the start of a new program to develop a combat tow truck that can haul more than 80 tons -- to replace the current Heavy Equipment Transporter System that can pull 70 tons -- by using fiscal year 2016 funds to kick-start an engineering study that previously was planned to begin in FY-17.
July 06, 2016 |
Daily News
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.
June 21, 2016 |
Daily News
The Marine Corps is looking to modernize the Combat Convoy Simulator it uses for operational deployment training, which includes updating hardware components and a weapon system software refresh, according to the service.
June 06, 2016 |
Inside the Army
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.
May 20, 2016 |
Inside the Army
Army officials are expected to hold an industry day in June to help finalize the requirements for an upcoming program to redesign the fleet of medium-sized cargo haulers.
May 13, 2016 |
Inside the Army
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.
May 10, 2016 |
Daily News
An Army official overseeing the service's organic industrial base says there is sufficient capacity to recapitalize active-duty humvee ambulances in greater numbers, though the plan, proposed by lawmakers recently, is still hypothetical.
April 26, 2016 |
Daily News
Lawmakers have proposed $50 million to recapitalize ambulance variants of active-Army humvees, pushing the service to consider expanding the program in future years.
April 08, 2016 |
Inside the Army
Despite schedule delays documented in a recent report to lawmakers, the Army believes the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle will be available for soldiers and Marines years earlier than initially planned.
March 24, 2016 |
Daily News
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.