Neller: FY-17 JLTV buy reduced to protect Amphibious Combat Vehicle, new radars

By Justin Doubleday / February 11, 2016 at 2:57 PM
The Marine Corps' top official says the service chose to cut its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle purchase by 77 trucks in fiscal year 2017 to protect high-priority programs like the Amphibious Combat Vehicle. Speaking to reporters after a Feb. 11 address to the Atlantic Council in Washington, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller said the service had to take reductions in some areas to protect the ACV and "radars," presumably a reference to the new Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR)...

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