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Army, Marines, Offer Acquisition Plans On JLTV Effort

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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

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By Ann Roosevelt The Army and Marine Corps recently explained to industry the acquisition strategy for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program at a three-day pre-proposal conference at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich. JLTV is a joint Army/Marine Corps program with the Army designated as the lead service. While procurement is a couple of years off, the total requirement could be for more than 140,000 vehicles. The Request for Proposals was released in early February for proposals to…

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