JLTV is now rebranded as the next Light Infantry Vehicle????

via Defense News.

DALLAS — Due to funding cuts, program managers for the next-generation light infantry vehicle being designed for the US Army and Marine Corps are preparing to take a calculated gamble with the program’s testing schedule, an Army official said today.
With the cuts mandated by sequestration biting into the planned testing and evaluation budget of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), joint program manager Col. John Cavedo said that instead of pushing back the start of testing in order to save money, the services are going to proceed as planned until next summer.
If sequestration remains in place and the program doesn’t receive a new infusion of cash by next July, then the services will have to begin curtailing planned testing and evaluation activities, which would push the program’s schedule back.
“We decided to start the program at full pace, and we’re going to fix those things that need fixing” next summer if sequestration remains in place, Cavedo told a small group of reporters. “We lost money due to sequester and we have to figure out how to do testing without that money” he said.

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Marine Land should be shocked.  A low priority program for both the Army and Marine Corps continues yet higher priority projects are placed, not on the back burner but off the stove entirely.

Why one red cent would go toward the JLTV is beyond me.  But its par for the course in Amos' Marine Corps.

Infantry needs a replacement for the AAV and what does he do?  He kills the MPC, delays the ACV to a point where his projected timetables are now jokes and even the upgrades for the 50 year old AAV are in doubt.

If that isn't enough to raise your blood pressure then calling the JLTV the next light infantry vehicle should send it over the top.

Its obvious the Pentagon has learned well from its civilian masters.  If something isn't working then use language to put it in a better light.  Joint Light Tactical Vehicle not moving the needle?  Then how about Future Light Infantry Vehicle instead (FLIV)?