This report responds to the Congressional concerns expressed regarding the Defense Department's Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 budget request by delivering an Acquisition Strategy that has evolved from its inception through the incorporation of the 2008 Army and U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Joint Tactical Wheeled Vehicle (TWV) Strategy, the 2009 Army Equipping Strategy, TWV Vehicle Investment Strategy, and the 2010 Army Modernization Strategy. These strategies are developed with appropriate fleet analysis, capabilities assessments and available investments to balance sound acquisition plans with necessary sustainment of current fleets. Overall, the Army is approaching the completion of procurement to meet the Army Acquisition Objective (AAO) for the TWV fleets. However, the remaining challenge is to ensure we achieve the right mix of variants while modernizing to a 'scalable armor' fleet and one that is capable of supporting Army plans to continue network modernization. The past decade has resulted in a dramatic increase in the wear and tear of the TWV fleet based on Operational Tempo (OPTEMPO) increases. Current efforts in support of Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) coupled with obsolete components have continued to increase the operational and support costs. However, the knowledge gained from the past ten years has provided critical insights in the area of force protection, mobility, payload, reliability and maintainability of the fleet.


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    Title :

    Army Truck Program (Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Acquisition Strategy) Report to the Congress


    Publication date :

    2010


    Size :

    35 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English