Navistar withdraws protest. Hmmm.

Check out this story from AOL.

Truck maker Navistar is withdrawing the protest it filed Friday with the Government Accountability Office over the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program, company spokeswoman Elissa Koc told AOL Defense this morning.

Had Navistar persisted, its protest probably would have delayed JLTV development for months while the GAO investigated whether the military ran the competition fairly.

I'm not saying that the US Army influenced things here...but it makes no sense for them to pull this protest unless they got threats...

The Army wants this program bad.  Why I don't know.  They have yet to justify where the JLTV fits into its vehicle programs setup.  The Marine Corps damn sure doesn't have a clue.

Of all the questionable programs floating around this has to be at the top of the list.

Congratulations to the US Army.  You're about to get a vehicle that you definitely don't need, for a requirement that you haven't spelled out or justified, to achieve a mission that is already performed by vehicles already in inventory.

They should be proud.