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Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV): Background and Issues for Congress
Background1
The JLTV is an Army-led, multi-service initiative to develop a family of future light tactical
vehicles to replace many of the HMMWVs used by the armed services today. HMMWVs, which
first entered service in 1985, were developed during the Cold War when improvised explosive
devices (IEDs) and other anti-vehicle explosive devices were not a major factor in military
planning. The HMMWV's demonstrated vulnerability to IEDs and the difficulties and costs
experienced in "up-armoring" HMMWVs already in the inventory have led to renewed emphasis
on vehicle survivability. DOD officials have emphasized that JLTVs are not intended to replace
HMMWVs "one for one."2
JLTV Program
What Is the JLTV?3
The JLTV program is a joint Army/Marine Corps effort to develop and produce both vehicles and
associated trailers. Originally, there were three variants, but now there are two JLTV variants: a
four-passenger Combat Tactical Vehicle (CTV) and a two-passenger Combat Support Vehicle
(CSV). As planned, JLTVs would be more mechanically reliable, maintainable (with on-board
diagnostics), all-terrain mobile, and equipped to link into current and future tactical data nets.
Survivability and strategic and operational transportability by ship and aircraft are also key JLTV
design requirements.
Program Structure4
The JLTV is an Acquisition Category (ACAT) 1D program. The Army bears the overall
responsibility for developing the JLTV through its Joint Program Office, which reports to the
Program Executive Office (PEO) for Combat Support & Combat Service Support (PEO
CS&CSS) in Warren, MI, which reports to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition,
Logistics, and Technology (ASA[AL&T]). Marine participation is centered on a program office
under the supervision of the Program Executive Officer Land Systems (PEO LS) Marine Corps at
Quantico, VA.
1 Alan L. Gropman, "Combat Vehicle Sector Could be Headed for Turbulent Times," National Defense, April 25,
2008, and James P. Miller, "Race is On to Replace Humvee," Chicago Tribune, June 21, 2008.
2 Kris Osborn, "DOD's JLTV Becoming an International Effort," Defense News, August 4, 2008. Headquarters,
Department of the Army, "Army Truck Program (Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Acquisition Strategy) Report to the
Congress," June 2010, p. 5.
3 Information in this section is taken from the Army Product Manager, Joint Light Tactical Vehicle website,
http://peocscss.tacom.army.mil/pmJLTV.html, last visited March 2, 2011, and Marine Corps PEO Land Systems Joint
Light Tactical Vehicle website, http://www.marcorsyscom.usmc.mil/peolandssystems/jltv.aspx, last visited March 2,
2011, and Tony Bertuca, "PMs: JLTV Still Too Heavy, Changing Schedule and Losing Six-Man Variant,"
InsideDefense.com, February 11, 2011.
4 CRS Report RL34026, Defense Acquisitions: How DOD Acquires Weapon Systems and Recent Efforts to Reform the
Process, by Moshe Schwartz, provides an extensive discussion of the defense acquisition process.
s The 12th Edition of the Defense Acquisition University Glossary, July 2005, defines an ACAT ID program as "a
Major Defense Acquisition Program (MDAP) which is estimated by the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition,
Technology, and Logistics) (USD (AT&L)) to require the eventual expenditure for Research, Development, Test, and
Evaluation (RDT&E) of more than $365 million (FY2000 constant dollars) or the procurement of more than $2.19
billion (FY2000 constant dollars)."Congressional Research Service
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