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fter refining requirements dur- ing a two-year technology development (TD) phase for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle
(JLTV), the Army is poised to conduct full and open competitions geared toward producing JLTVs and recapitalizing High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs), as part of a unified light tactical vehicle strategy.
The Army-led program envisions an accelerated developmental timeline for the next phase of the JLTV program, said COL David Bassett, Project Man- ager Tactical Vehicles within the Program Executive Office Combat Support and Combat Service Support.
“We’re in the process of restructuring an acquisition strategy that responds to a shorter timeframe for these vehicles, to be able to reduce the cost of the next phase as well as get vehicles out there faster,” Bassett said. “We’re going to deliver vehicles into the field sooner, and we are working hand in hand with our user community to look at ways to drive down the cost of the vehicle.”
The JLTV and HMMWV recap programs are designed to complement each other, he said. “While the recapped HMMWV will provide additional protection and
capability, the JLTV is being engineered with survivability enhancements and off-road capabilities to exceed what recapped HMMWVs will be able to do,” Bassett explained.
NEW CAPABILITIES The TD phase for the JLTV program, completed in May 2011, successfully demonstrated the vehicle’s ability to meet a wide range of requirements. These requirements included fortified protec- tions against blast attacks from improvised explosive devices, as well as improvements to off-road mobility, variable-ride height suspension, exportable power, and essen- tial command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities, said Tim Goddette, Director of Combat Sustain- ment Systems.
The TD phase illustrated that the JLTV, as a next-generation light vehicle, will bring Soldiers an unprecedented blend of protection, payload, and performance, Goddette added. The 27-month TD phase included prototype vehicles from three teams of vendors: BAE Systems- Navistar International Corp., Lockheed Martin Corp.-BAE Systems, and Gen- eral Tactical Vehicles (General Dynamics Land Systems and AM General LLC).
CURRENTLY, THE ARMY ESTIMATES THAT NEARLY 6,000 HMMWVS WILL BE RECAPPED AS PART OF THE HMMWV MECV PROGRAM, WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL VEHICLES SHOULD THE U.S. MARINE CORPS BECOME PART OF THE PROGRAM.
SLING-LOAD CAPABILITY
The JLTV was tested for sling-load transportability by the Army’s CH-47D Chinook and the U.S. Marine Corps’ CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters, using four-passenger General Purpose vehicles. (U.S. Army photo.)
“The purpose of the TD phase was geared toward refining the requirements in order to demonstrate the JLTV’s ability to meet the designated capability gaps,” Goddette said. “The program has succeeded in identifying and proving out those areas of needed development, and now the Army is analyzing what trade-offs might be required in order to best pursue an acqui- sition strategy that both lowers costs and delivers this needed capability to Soldiers.”
The competitive prototyping and exten- sive testing pursued during the TD phase were designed to match technological capability with the vehicle’s requirements, as well as to lower risk for an anticipated production phase.
“We demonstrated not only that the requirements were achievable, but we gained valuable insight into the cost of each capability and effect that one capa- bility might have on another. We’ve learned that some trade-offs are necessary to pursue an overall strategy that best syn- chronizes requirements, resources, mature technologies, and a cost-reducing acquisi- tion strategy,” Goddette said.
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