JLTV Program Enters Final Testing Phase

The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program has entered the final phase of testing with the delivery of sixty-six vehicles prototypes to replace Humvee in near future.

The vehicles — made by AM General, Lockheed Martin and Oshkosh, started 14 months of rigorous testing and evaluations during the first week of September. The tests are being conducted at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., and Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz.

This follows more than 400 ballistic and blast tests on armor samples and in excess of 1,000 miles in shakedown testing, according to Army Times.

The winner will receive an initial order for nearly 55,000 vehicles. Long-term plans include the first Army units receiving JLTVs by fiscal 2018 and all 49,000 JLTVs delivered to the U.S. Army by sometime in the 2030s, the report added. The Marines will acquire 5,500.