LOOKING AHEAD WITH JLTV


THE LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLE COMES STANDARD WITH SUBSTANTIAL PROTECTIVE ABILITY TO DEFEND AGAINST IEDS, ROADSIDE BOMBS AND OTHER THREATS.


Because affordability remains a large part of


the JPO JLTV encourages competition among vendors. A competitive procurement model has helped


the


program mature thus far and continues to inform the EMD, Bassett said.


Te JLTV is being built as a single truck in two primary configurations: a four-door platform, the Combat Tactical Vehicle; and the two-door Combat Support Vehicle. (See Figure 1 on Page 43.) Te four-door platform will


include Heavy


EMD TIMETABLE During the first part of the EMD phase, industry vendors are refining their designs while the government begins its comprehensive testing. Already, the Joint Program Office


(JPO) has completed


armor coupon (sample materials) testing and is receiving rolling chassis for blast testing.


After three months of contractor testing, each vendor will deliver 22 vehicles and associated trailers


to the in August 2013. A series of


government formal


government tests will follow in key areas such as ballistic and blast protection, reliability and performance,


corrosion,


and mobility and transportability, Bassett explained.


Planned EMD includes assessments of the “rated cone index,” an engineering metric designed to determine vehicle mobility in soft soil, Bassett said.


“We’re testing an enormous percentage of the requirements during the EMD phase and in other cases confirming them through analysis, so that by the time we get to the milestone, we are evaluating the best


truck to go into production,” he explained. 44 Army AL&T Magazine April–June 2013


Te two-door Combat Support Vehicle platform will have utility and shelter- carrier variants, engineered in some cases to tow a 105 mm Howitzer or EQ-36 radar system. Te two-door utility variant is being built to accommodate as much as 5,100 pounds of payload, Bassett said.


All of the JLTVs will be configured with


variable ride-height suspension,


the capability to raise and lower the suspension to meet certain mission requirements, such as raising it in high- threat areas and lowering it to transport the vehicles on Maritime Prepositioning Force ships. Also, the JLTV will be suitable for sling-loading beneath a CH-47 Chinook helicopter under standard conditions, Bassett said.


CONCLUSION Te goal at the end of the EMD phase will be to down-select to a single vendor and move into low-rate initial production (LRIP) by 2015, Bassett


Gun Carrier and Close Combat Weapons Carrier variants able to carry weapons such as a .50-caliber machine gun or TOW missile and conduct mounted patrols and convoy escort missions. Te Combat Tactical Vehicle will be able to carry 3,500 pounds of payload.


the calculus for the JLTV program,


said. Te Army-Marine Corps plan calls for three years of LRIP, to be followed by five years of full-rate production, resulting in an incremental delivery of the vehicle. Te Army plans to acquire roughly 50,000 JLTVs; the Marine Corps, about 5,500.


In his recent “Waypoint #1” guidance, Army Chief of Staff GEN Raymond T. Odierno said that the Army’s network “provides the overarching architecture


connecting Soldiers overwhelming went on to note, “Our and


their equipment with the data vital to creating


synergy.” He combat


and


tactical wheeled vehicle fleets are being developed to network this more capable squad and provide detailed information from multiple sources. Furthermore, our future vehicle fleets will


provide increased lethality and


mobility, while optimizing survivability through the use of incremental options scaled to mission requirements.”


JLTV is a key part of that vehicle effort, designed to be fielded with a ready digital backbone and sufficient onboard power to support the 21st-century Joint warfighter’s needs.


For more information, go to http://www. peocscss.army.mil/.


MR. KRIS OSBORN served until


recently as a highly qualified expert for the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition,


Logistics and Technology


Office of Strategic Communications. He is now a staff correspondent for Military. com. He holds a B.A. in English and political science from Kenyon College and an M.A. in comparative literature from Columbia University.


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