Posted on Mar 24, 2017
Army May Have to Buy More JLTVs to Replace Humvees
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U.S. Army modernization officials told lawmakers Wednesday that the service will soon have to rebuild its outdated Humvee fleet or buy more Joint Light Tactical Vehicles, or JLTVs, than expected.
Senior Army leaders testified about modernization efforts at a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee’s Airland Subcommittee, headed by Tom Cotton, a Republican from Arkansas.
Focusing on fiscal 2019, Sen. Joe Donnelly, an Indiana Democrat, asked about the Army’s long-term Humvee modernization effort. The Humvee is made by AM General LLC, based in South Bend.
“When do you think we can expect to see a comprehensive Humvee modernization plan with an associated program of record?” he asked.
The service is slated to buy more than 49,000 JLTVs to replace the Cold War-era Humvees. The Army awarded a $6.7 billion contract in August 2015 to Oshkosh Corp. to build the first 17,000 JLTV production models.
Service officials will have to make a decision about the Humvee fleet in 2018, Lt. Gen. John Murray, deputy chief of staff for financial management, Army G-8, told lawmakers.
“We are going to have to make a decision on either we are going to have to buy more JLTVs to replace Humvees or we are going to have to start recapping the Humvee fleet we have,” he said.
Currently, the service has a 50-50 mix between the JLTV and the Humvee total requirement, Murray said, explaining that the average age of the Humvee fleet is about 9.5 years.
“We try to maintain less than 15 years, so we are in good shape for another couple of years in terms of the age of the Humvee fleet,” he said.
The total contract to Oshkosh is projected to be worth up to $30 billion, as the Army and Marine Corps plan to buy nearly 55,000 of the combat vehicles, including 49,100 for the Army and 5,500 for the Corps, to replace about a third of the Humvee fleets.
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Senior Army leaders testified about modernization efforts at a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee’s Airland Subcommittee, headed by Tom Cotton, a Republican from Arkansas.
Focusing on fiscal 2019, Sen. Joe Donnelly, an Indiana Democrat, asked about the Army’s long-term Humvee modernization effort. The Humvee is made by AM General LLC, based in South Bend.
“When do you think we can expect to see a comprehensive Humvee modernization plan with an associated program of record?” he asked.
The service is slated to buy more than 49,000 JLTVs to replace the Cold War-era Humvees. The Army awarded a $6.7 billion contract in August 2015 to Oshkosh Corp. to build the first 17,000 JLTV production models.
Service officials will have to make a decision about the Humvee fleet in 2018, Lt. Gen. John Murray, deputy chief of staff for financial management, Army G-8, told lawmakers.
“We are going to have to make a decision on either we are going to have to buy more JLTVs to replace Humvees or we are going to have to start recapping the Humvee fleet we have,” he said.
Currently, the service has a 50-50 mix between the JLTV and the Humvee total requirement, Murray said, explaining that the average age of the Humvee fleet is about 9.5 years.
“We try to maintain less than 15 years, so we are in good shape for another couple of years in terms of the age of the Humvee fleet,” he said.
The total contract to Oshkosh is projected to be worth up to $30 billion, as the Army and Marine Corps plan to buy nearly 55,000 of the combat vehicles, including 49,100 for the Army and 5,500 for the Corps, to replace about a third of the Humvee fleets.
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Army May Have to Buy More JLTVs to Replace Humvees
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MAJ James Woods
Several of my former soldiers would disagree with you on that but we all have our own unique experiences.
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Thanks SP5 Mark Kuzinski for sharing the unsurprising news that "U.S. Army modernization officials" told lawmakers Wednesday that the service will soon have to rebuild its outdated Humvee fleet or buy more Joint Light Tactical Vehicles, or JLTVs, than expected.
Hopefully one day the US Army will rename the "modernization" to something which reflects that many times the status quo is sufficient with no requirement to continually modernize.
Requirements is perfectly fine as an organization name. In the Army TRADOC has been the organization responsible for establishing requirements with HQDA G-3 and HQDA G-8 weighing in appropriately along with US Army AMC.
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Hopefully one day the US Army will rename the "modernization" to something which reflects that many times the status quo is sufficient with no requirement to continually modernize.
Requirements is perfectly fine as an organization name. In the Army TRADOC has been the organization responsible for establishing requirements with HQDA G-3 and HQDA G-8 weighing in appropriately along with US Army AMC.
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SP5 Robert Ruck
Why do they always have to replace everything at once? Budget the replacements year by year so there are always newer vehicles in the fleet. Once they get into these 30 billion contracts the waste and abuse becomes massive. Other government agencies certainly do not replace their fleets en mass like this.
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