Oshkosh Defense awarded contract modification to supply additional JLTVs to US Marine Corps.

The U.S. Department of Defense announced on January 29 that Oshkosh Defense was awarded a $15,261,587 modification to contract W56HZV-20-C-0050 to exercise available options for Marine Corps procurement of vehicles and kits for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle family of vehicles.
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U.S. Marines with 3d Marine Regiment drive a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle during a JLTV field training exercise, Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, July 29, 2019 (Picture source: U.S. Marine Corps/Cpl. Matthew Kirk)

Work will be performed in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2022. Fiscal 2021 Foreign Military Sales (Macedonia, Slovenia and Montenegro) and 2021 USMC procurement funds in the amount of $15,261,587 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, is the contracting activity.

JLTVs are configured to support multiple mission packages, derived from two base vehicle configurations : the four-door Combat Tactical Vehicle and two-door Combat Support Vehicle. The program is a modernization effort intended to replace a portion of the Army and Marine Corps’ High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) fleet with a family of vehicles designed to exceed the performance characteristics of the armored HMMWV Expanded Capability Vehicle (ECV) in terms of both automotive performance and armored protection.

The vehicle design provides the warfighter with increased protection through the use of scalable armor solutions, while restoring payload capabilities lost due to the armoring of the HMMWV fleet. The JLTV increases warfighter maneuver capacity by providing expeditionary mobility on the modern battlefield.