The Next Stage of Development of the JLTV

U.S. Army has sent requests for proposals, the final phase of the development of armored off-road vehicles, family cars Humvee successor, completed deliveries of prototypes in the configuration merge.


The experience of Iraq indicated that the family Humvee vehicles, successor even older M151 Jeeps, do not provide effective protection for the crews. Despite the extra armor, more powerful engines and upgrading the suspension, they were not resistant to explosions min, most dangerous weapons in asymmetric conflicts.

Therefore - in parallel to create a serious, dedicated MRAP vehicles minoodpornych klasy / M-ATV - U.S. Army commissioned the development of relatively lightweight, versatile HMMWV successors, however, offering much higher performance protection.


The contract sought to 7 players, usually industrial groups. U.S. Army has selected in the initial phase, in October 2008, three: BAE Systems Land & Armaments-Grounds System Division, Navistar, General Tactical Vehicles (a joint venture of General Dynamics Land Systems and AM General) and Lockheed Martin Systems Integration, providing them with the 35 - U.S. $ 45 million for the implementation of demonstrators vehicles in all seven of the planned models, varying in carrying capacity , and destiny. This phase ended in the spring of last year, a positive opinion of all solutions and helped to create the definitive tactical-technical requirements.

The fate of the program were not certain. A wave of budget cuts meant that some MPs began to doubt the sense of a multi-program (U.S. Army and USMC intend to buy about 55 thousand. JLTV class car). As an alternative, presented a deep modernization of the HMMWV (See: More on the modernization of a Humvee ). Ultimately, however, at the very beginning of this year, Congressmen skreślili modernization funding, recognizing that it is better to buy new cars, the estimated price of around 300 thousand. USD per exam, than rebuild the old structures, at a cost of 200 thousand per unit. U.S. dollars.

This paved the way for the next phase of the JLTV. January 26 representatives of the U.S. Army sent a request for quotation, the final stage of R & D (Engineering and Manufacturing Development) whose objective is to obtain after 22 prototypes from each of the manufacturers. Perhaps the army will task the work of all three bodies, although final decisions were made after receipt and analysis of the response to an inquiry sent.

It is planned that execution will take 33 months, after which it will be possible selection of winners and start immediate preparations for mass production.