The Army has formally resurrected the survivability research and development portion of the humvee recapitalization effort once known as the Medium Expanded Capacity Vehicle, according to recent notices to industry. At one time, the Army had intended to recap 60,000 humvees, but plans for the competitive MECV program were jettisoned earlier this year in favor of the humvee-replacement program known as the Army-Marine Corps Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, which took priority in a constrained budget environment. As first reported in...
