Published: 2010
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Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV): Background and Issues for Congress Summary The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) is currently being developed by the Army and the Marine Corps as a successor to the 11 different versions of the High Mobility, Multi-Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) that have been in service since 1985. [...] The Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee has reportedly recommended that the funding for the JLTV EMD contract would be more appropriately considered in the FY2012 Budget Request and therefore decreased the Marine Corps FY2011 request by $16.3 million and the Army's request by $15.2 million. [...] With more than 50% of the Army's total tactical wheeled vehicle fleet nearing the end of its useful life, and with the needs of the services to repair equipment and grow their forces, the JLTV, with its scalable armor protection, is intended to replace a large portion of the HMMWV fleet. [...] Concerned with funding adequacy, technical maturity, and shifting requirements, the Pentagon's acquisition executive, John Young, disapproved the issuance of the RFP and directed the Army and Marines to "go back to the drawing board and develop a robust technology development phase."7 On February 5, 2008, an RFP for Technology Development Phase was issued to industry.8 The RFP stated that the gove [...] JLTV Program Activities The JLTV Program is currently in the Technology Development (TD) Phase11 of acquisition which is scheduled to conclude in the June 2011 timeframe.12 Prototypes from BAE Systems, and the teams of Lockheed Martin and General Tactical Vehicle, and AM General and General Dynamics Land Systems for each of the three JLTV categories are being tested at Aberdeen Test Center in Mary.