"The
military looks to JLTV to provide the improvements in
protection, performance, and payload needed to fill the
capability gaps between the HMMWV and MRAP families of
vehicles," said Ann Hoholick, vice president and
general manager of New Vehicles and Amphibious Systems
for BAE Systems' U.S. Combat Systems. "This vehicle
is similar to the three Category A prototypes that were
delivered earlier this year and has been further improved
to allow for enhanced and scalable survivability without
sacrificing essential expeditionary capabilities."
The
team met this challenge by leveraging years of armor design
and development experience, along with the innovative
blast mitigation techniques that have been matured on
BAE Systems' Mine Resistant Armored Protection (MRAP)
family of vehicles.
"The
advanced design and engineering of the Meritor ProTec
Series 30 High Mobility Independent Suspension will provide
advanced protection, mobility and ride quality for the
JLTV platform," said Tim Burns, vice president of
Defense and Specialty for ArvinMeritor.
This
is the final prototype that the team will deliver during
the 27-month technology development phase, which is expected
to conclude in May 2011. The prototype vehicles will undergo
continued government testing over the next several months
to aid in the finalization of the requirements for the
Engineering and Manufacturing Development phase of the
program.
