Major league hat tip Lee! Great catch!
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1. The US Army will be putting major pressure on the Marine Corps to continue the JLTV buy.
2. Inside the Marine Corps there is a large group of Officers that believe that the JLTV is not needed and that the Marines should pursue upgraded HUMVEEs instead.
3. The MPC testing that is about to commence will be more important than I initially thought.
4. The decision on what capabilities the ACV will have will impact the rest of the Marine Corps vehicle fleet.
Consider this. If the Marine Corps ends up just doing a major upgrade of the AAV then the MPC probably goes forward. If the Marine Corps selects essentially a new build AAV with redesigned hull---depending on the water speed then the MPC goes forward. If the Marine Corps gets a completely clean sheet ACV then expect the MPC to be jettisoned.
But those are all guesses.
Whats becoming apparent is that sequestration isn't the simple paper exercise that some believe. That CRAZY schedule of upgrading the AAV, building the ACV and then the MPC was always questionable to me.
Now its looking like a non-starter. It was probably a non-starter when the Commandant missed his latest deadline on the ACV.
The issue?
However this plays out the Marine Corps will probably have to make do with a 50 year old Armored Fighting Vehicle carrying Devil Dogs from ship to shore and then on to the objective in the 2020's.
Chesty would be pissed.
via DefenseNewsStand.com (if you have a subscription shoot me a copy!)
The Marine Corps will have to choose between the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle and the Marine Personnel Carrier if sequestration is implemented, according to a service official.I can't get behind the firewall but we can assume a few things...
1. The US Army will be putting major pressure on the Marine Corps to continue the JLTV buy.
2. Inside the Marine Corps there is a large group of Officers that believe that the JLTV is not needed and that the Marines should pursue upgraded HUMVEEs instead.
3. The MPC testing that is about to commence will be more important than I initially thought.
4. The decision on what capabilities the ACV will have will impact the rest of the Marine Corps vehicle fleet.
Consider this. If the Marine Corps ends up just doing a major upgrade of the AAV then the MPC probably goes forward. If the Marine Corps selects essentially a new build AAV with redesigned hull---depending on the water speed then the MPC goes forward. If the Marine Corps gets a completely clean sheet ACV then expect the MPC to be jettisoned.
But those are all guesses.
Whats becoming apparent is that sequestration isn't the simple paper exercise that some believe. That CRAZY schedule of upgrading the AAV, building the ACV and then the MPC was always questionable to me.
Now its looking like a non-starter. It was probably a non-starter when the Commandant missed his latest deadline on the ACV.
The issue?
However this plays out the Marine Corps will probably have to make do with a 50 year old Armored Fighting Vehicle carrying Devil Dogs from ship to shore and then on to the objective in the 2020's.
Chesty would be pissed.
