Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV)

The U.S. Joint Forces have challenged industry to bring forth a new tactical wheeled vehicle platform that will provide increased force protection, survivability, and improved capabilities over today’s tactical wheeled vehicle fleet. To meet that need, BAE Systems and Navistar International Corporation have stepped to the challenge to create a Warfighter-centric design that provides the foundation for a family  of vehicles that will offer unmatched strength, protection and support for the Warfighter for decades to come.

The BAE Systems-Navistar JLTV design is focused on the Warfighter. It optimizes what’s referred to as the “iron triangle” – payload, protection and performance – to meet all requirements of the JLTV program. The JLTV Family of Vehicles are built with the vehicle occupant in mind. Using human factors as the design driver, the design aims to improve operational performance, safety, comfort, performance and the experience of the end user over today’s tactical vehicles.

The 16,000-pound vehicle incorporates lessons learned from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle program and features the latest in lightweight, advanced armor and a V-shaped hull design to provide unmatched crew protection. The vehicle will out-perform existing tactical systems by providing exportable power that exceeds JLTV requirements and existing MRAP capabilities.

Its modular design maximizes commonality across JLTV variants and enables the seamless integration of future technologies, meaning the power train, electronics, mobility systems and armor all can be enhanced as needed.

BAE Systems has extensive experience developing, testing and integrating active protection technologies into combat platforms and our design facilitates the use of active protection. The company is the hit avoidance lead for the Future Combat Systems Manned Ground Vehicles and the developer and integrator of two critical elements of the Army’s FCS network-centric war fighting capabilities. The JLTV Family of Vehicles will also be compatible with current and future network architectures.

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