The Force Protection/General Dynamics JAMA won the contest for the Ground Mobility Vehicle for SOCOM.
What does that tell us?
Well to me that indicates an increased awareness of the vulnerability of small teams to enemy forces...they want weapon trucks that they can take everywhere that mount heavy weapons. Additionally it also seems that internal carriage of vehicles is also becoming more paramount (at least for the time) when it comes to SOCOM operations. I personally thought that the Northrop Grumman offering would win hands down (see below).
And that brings me to my next point. If I was Northrop I wouldn't scrap the plans to this vehicle just yet.
I can't explain it but the JAMA win smells more like a SEALs selection than something the Rangers would be interested in. Something tells me that SOCOM will be buying more vehicles to fulfill this same role.
