Friday, April 13, 2012

General Tactical Vehicles pulls a fast one.

Don't know how I missed this.

GTV is pulling a fast one and it won't go unnoticed by the competitors in the JLTV comp.

The GTV Eagle...or Mowag Eagle...or Duro Mowag...or whatever you want to call it is basically an off the shelf solution to the JLTV issue.

Problem is...BAE could have teamed with Iveco and submitted the Panther.  Lockheed Martin would have built and designed a less costly and probably less robust vehicle etc....

The Army led ground vehicle programs are a mess.

This will be contested.  The competition will have to be redone.  The Humvee will soldier on and the MRAP will continue.

Looks like the Marine Corps might end up rebuilding the Humvee after all.  Read more about this vehicle and the other contenders here.