Battle Ready JLTV

• Will JLTVs replace MRAPs?

  Mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles sometimes have difficulty driving on rugged terrain and have been said to be a less dependable source of protection than one would hope when carrying out missions.  This is why the DoD is putting such a large emphasis on an upgraded military vehicle: the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, or JLTV for short.  “The reason JLTV is so important to us is because it gives an expeditionary capability back to the Army and the Marine Corps,” says Brig. Gen. John Bartley, the Army’s program executive officer for combat support and combat services support. For more details on this, click

• Blackwater’s NEW JLTV

  Over the past 18 months, Blackwater has been discretely building a very credible manufacturing capability. They now have two manufacturing facilities in North East North Carolina. The timeline on the JLTV contract is tight. There are just 27 months to complete the design, production and testing of three models of the JLTV. Blackwater has just completed designing, testing and producing five models of its MRAP in less than 18 months. Blackwater’s Grizzly is currently in the Source Selection process for the MRAP II contract. Having viewed the vehicles that were subjected to the full system destructive test at Aberdeen,

• Protecting the Warfighter

  New war wagons will provide safer convoys for troops tasked with vehicle patrol MISSIONS

• Promoting Safety with HEAT

  Fort Lee, Va.– By the end of 2006, nearly 125 Soldier fatalities and 140 injuries were the result of Humvee rollover accidents, according to Army statistics. Rollovers have become such a rampant problem in Afghanistan and Iraq that the Department of Defense decided to do something about it. The result is the Humvee Egress Assistance Trainer, one of the Army’s top inventions of 2007. The HEAT is a simple yet sophisticated training module that represents an up-armored Humvee. The purpose of the training, which was deemed mandatory for every enlisted Soldier since September 2007 by the DoD, is to simulate a Humvee rollover. Accidental rollovers

• Reset program maintains troop readiness

  WASHINGTON– The Army reset program is essential to the readiness and combat capability of the Army, said the outgoing director of integration at the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Army Programs (G-8). According to retiring Brig. Gen. Albert Bryant Jr., the Army reset program began about three years ago and is responsible for recapitalizing or replacing more than 300,000 pieces of equipment. “The program is an essential part of sustaining the Army’s ability to conduct operations. If we don’t reset these units and get the equipment into the hands of the Soldiers, allow them to train with it and

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