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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.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...
Had Navistar persisted, its protest probably would have delayed JLTV development for months while the GAO investigated whether the military ran the competition fairly.
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.
Isn't the idea of the JLTV to fill the gap between the MRAP and the HMMWV?
ReplyDeleteOr at least replace the HMMWV as a safer, yet still very mobile armoured vehicle.
I think some designs look perhaps more promising than others, the Lockheed JLTV looks to be quite good, and is also modular. The Valanx too, looks quite nice.
yeah and that sounds good until you dig down into it a bit. the Army and Marines are both going to upgrade some of their HUMVEES and will ALSO keep some MRAPs in stock. so let me ask you the question. why do you need a vehicle that does the job of the HUMVEE when you have HUMVEES and why do you need the same vehicle to do the job of the MRAP if you have MRAPs.
ReplyDeletewe're adding another vehicle to the inventory and they haven't spelled out why they need it.