Marines cut 77 JLTVs from FY-17 budget request

The Marine Corps is cutting 77 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles in its fiscal year 2017 budget request in an effort to balance affordability across the service's portfolio, according to a service official.

The FY-16 budget request projected the service would buy 269 vehicles in FY-17. A Marine Corps official told Inside Defense Feb. 9 the FY-17 president's budget submission requests 192 JLTVs.

However, the service intends to maintain 5,500 vehicles as its total program acquisition objective, the official added.