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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Repoman75: [QB] Its all coming together.... remember, the Marines LOVE FRPT. ARMY TO MEET WITH MARINES, INDUSTRY TO DISCUSS HUMVEE REPLACEMENT > >_______________________________________________ > >Date: December 11, 2006 > > >Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Richard Cody plans to host a meeting sometime early next year with top industry officials and the Marine Corps to discuss mid-term measures to replace the humvee, Marine Corps and defense industry sources tell Inside the Navy. > > >ITN reported last month that this meeting was scheduled for sometime before the end of this year, but it has been delayed due to circumstances surrounding the Army long-term budget, according to sources. The meeting is supposed to help determine what tactical vehicle technologies may be available in the coming years to, in the words of one source, “triage” the immediate need for more survivable vehicles in Iraq and Afghanistan. > > >The Army has declined to comment on, or acknowledge plans for, the meeting. But sources said the session is in the works and would be held with industry executives, also known as “captains of industry.” > > >Capt. Jeff Landis, a spokesman for Marine Corps Systems Command, told ITN last week that the Marine Corps is aware of the planned meeting and is awaiting a formal invitation. Marine Corps vehicle program managers and deputies would attend the meeting, Landis said. > > >Some are calling the subject of the meeting the “new multi-purpose wheeled vehicle.” The Army needs about 21,000 of these vehicles, sources say. The Army wants to acquire existing vehicles, such as the Force Protection-made Cougar and General Dynamics-product Stryker, before the “optimum” solution is available. Cost is a major consideration in this effort, according to sources. > > >Ultimately, the Marine Corps and Army plan to procure the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle -- or the JLTV family of vehicles -- to replace their aging humvee fleets. Right now, the Marine Corps is buying Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles to replace some of its humvees in Iraq. MRAP vehicles fall into three categories. Category one is for urban combat operations; category two is a multimission platform for convoy escort, troop transport and combat engineers; and category three is a larger vehicle for mine and improvised explosives clearance operations. > > >The Army has a requirement to buy 2,500 MRAP vehicles as part of the Marine Corps’ MRAP acquisition, according to internal Army briefing slides obtained by ITN. The slides are dated Dec. 5. > > >The Marine Corps budgeted for 850 MRAP vehicles in its fiscal year 2007 supplemental, but the Army has yet to work out how the service is funding its MRAP purchase, according to a Marine Corps source. > > >MRAP and other immediate humvee replacement initiatives are not part of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program, according to the Army and Marine Corps. JLTV is set to come on line in the 2012-time frame, however some industry sources say that the fielding of interim vehicles could delay JLTV. -- Zachary M. Peterson [/QB][/QUOTE]
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