Oshkosh receives JLTV order

Joint Light Tactical Vehicles are set to begin rolling off the production line after the Army on March 22 issued a $243 million contract modification for low-rate initial production.

Oshkosh Defense, which in August won the competition to build the humvee successor for the Army and the Marine Corps and later survived a Government Accountability Office protest and legal challenge from Lockheed Martin, will manufacture the vehicles in Oshkosh, WI.

The cost will be met using fiscal year 2016 “research, development, testing, and evaluation; other procurement (Army); and other procurement funds” obligated at the time of the award, according to the contract announcement.

The order includes “657 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles; 25 trailers; 2,977 kits; 12 months of system engineering and program management; test support; 175-test hardware; and one technical data package,” the announcement states.

Program executive officer for combat support and combat service support Scott Davis told reporters March 15 that the program is “fully operational and running.” During a roundtable discussion at the Association of the United States Army's Global Force Symposium in Huntsville, AL, Davis said the Army expects the first JLTV deliveries to begin by October 2016.