The newly fielded Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) has problems with maintainability and reliability
WASHINGTON – The military’s newest ground vehicle has problems with its maintenance, reliability, and crew situational awareness and its most heavily armed version has been deemed “not operationally effective” in a Pentagon report. Military Times reports. Continue reading original article
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24 Feb. 2019 -- The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) has been touted as the rugged, protected and highly mobile vehicle to replace some of the more vulnerable Humvees on a contested battlefield. The vehicle has ballistic protection equal to the mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles, but is one-third lighter and 70 percent faster off road than the MRAP, officials said.
The first JLTVs were fielded to the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Georgia in mid-January. But a number of deficiencies were noted in a recent annual report published by the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation for the Defense Department. It provides an overview of Army, Navy and Air Force programs. The Army section contains two dozen systems with reviews and recommendations.
All variants were deemed “not operationally suitable because of deficiencies in reliability, maintainability, training, manuals, crew situational awareness, and safety,” according to the report. And the close combat weapons carrier was further deemed “not operationally effective for use in combat and tactical missions.”
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John Keller, chief editor
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