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unprecedented commonality, which will be crucial in keeping life-cycle costs affordable,” said Myers.


The JLTV program management office fully expects TD phase testing to demonstrate the achievability of purchase description (PD) require- ments, as well as the technological maturity, integration achievability, and producibility of JLTV vehicles. During TD testing, the Capabilities Development Document and PD will be revised almost exclusively upon the basis of formal test results and/or approved analysis.


Competitive Prototyping is Working


The TD phase is satisfying the intended purpose: to demonstrate the integration of mature technologies as a complete system, providing an assessment of the technical and performance risks relevant to entering the EMD phase. The TD phase will establish an achiev- able set of requirements for the JLTV program. “Based on the valuable infor- mation we have gained thus far, we are making adjustments to ensure the EMD phase is low risk and affordable for the services,” Petermann said.


All three JLTV TD phase contractors delivered vehicles in accordance with contract schedules and within the original contract amounts. JLTV pro- gram execution has demonstrated that DOD’s competitive prototyping policy is working, contributing to the program manger’s ability to control cost, sched- ule, and performance. “Competitive prototyping has enabled JLTV to stay within our cost requirements. The gov- ernment cost is not overrun and we are operating within our schedule and per- formance parameters,” said Petermann.


“The process increases government leverage and we can see the results being driven by real data on actual hardware,” said Kevin Fahey, Program Executive Officer Combat Support and


JLTV is an FOV with companion trailers, as shown here by Lockheed Martin, one of the three TD phase contractors. JLTV will provide warfighters with a balanced solution—protection, performance, and payload—packaged in a transportable and expeditionary solution. (Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin.)


JLTV program execution has demonstrated that DOD’s competitive prototyping policy is working,


contributing to the program manger’s ability to control cost, schedule, and performance.


Combat Service Support (CS&CSS). “This will provide the government with increased confidence in operational performance of the JLTV FOV through test and evaluation of actual performance capabilities over the next 12 months.” Additionally, detailed cost information gathered during the TD phase is enabling the JLTV program management office to develop detailed cost estimates with greater confidence, reducing risk associated with affordability as we proceed to the EMD phase.


Following the TD phase, the services intend to conduct another full and open competition for the EMD phase, with Milestone B decision planned for the end of FY11. The EMD phase will focus on reducing program risk;


ensuring operational supportability; designing for producibility; maximiz- ing affordability; ensuring critical program information protection; and demonstrating system integration, interoperability, transportability, fuel efficiency, reliability, and utility. “The government anticipates full and open competition with award of two con- tracts for the EMD phase, which will last for 24 months,” added Petermann. A Milestone C decision is planned for FY14 and full production and fielding is anticipated to start in 2015.


ASHLEY JOHN is a Strategic Communications Specialist for Program Executive Office CS&CSS. She holds a B.A. in marketing from Michigan State University.


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