With the focus on Ukraine and Russia, a Washington Times story reports the Army "wants a new combat vehicle and is willing to pay more than $7 billion to the defense contractor that can provide it,” notes Grumpy Editor.
The service released a bid for the next generation Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, designed to allow troops to carry out a range of missions “while providing protected, sustained and networked mobility for personnel and payloads across the full spectrum of military operations," it adds.
The JLTV is a joint Army-Marine Corps project with the Army acting as the contracting agent, the Washingtonn Times points out.
The light-armored vehicles designed to carry troops and cargo will replace part of the two services’ fleet of High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles, better known as Humvees.
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