The Government Accountability Office has issued a report urging the Defense Department to enhance its reporting to Congress on major acquisition programs -- a recommendation the Pentagon has rejected as impractical and unnecessary.
Tactical Wheeled Vehicles
November 22, 2016
The decision by House and Senate leaders to delay action on a full-year fiscal year 2017 spending bill until the spring could restrain Pentagon plans to increase funding across a wide range of modernization programs, including the entire strategic weapon system recapitalization portfolio and marquee projects critical to each military service.
November 9, 2016
U.S. Special Command is seeking industry's input for powering a light tactical all-terrain vehicle that weighs less than 2,500 pounds.
November 3, 2016
While the Army is using Oshkosh Defense's Joint Light Tactical Vehicle as an interim solution to meet Light Reconnaissance Vehicle requirements, the service is taking steps to define a permanent solution for the future.
October 18, 2016
The next-generation Light Armored Vehicle being contemplated by requirements developers needs to have an open-architecture design and could be based on the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, according to the head of Marine Corps requirements.
October 18, 2016
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.
September 30, 2016
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 8, 2016
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 6, 2016
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
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 6, 2016
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
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.