Army, Marines Work on Humvee Successor

Army, Marines Work on Humvee Successor:
"The Army and the Marines are pursuing funding and agreements that would start a new program in 2007 to replace the High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle with a more survivable vehicle, officials from both services said last week.
Throughout the war in Iraq, the Army has rushed to shield thin-skinned humvees with more armor while trying to improve existing protection and producing more up-armored vehicles. Eventually, the service sought an upgraded version of the humvee that added more meat to the chassis and the suspension to withstand the weight of add-on armor kits.
For future conflicts, the Army and Marines are looking to replace the vehicle that ousted the military Jeep in 1985. The services have discussed the possibility for quite some time, but they haven’t always been on the same page."

Prototype for military Hummer replacement from Oshkosh Truck and Northrop Grumman: http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9848355-1.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Crave
. . . the Defense Department's decision to buy 6,800 mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles (MRAPs) as "interim" replacements to armored Humvees may mean that troops won't see the new JLTV until 2012, according to National Defense.

The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle is a U.S. Army, USSOCOM, and U.S. Marine Corps program to replace the current HMMWV with a family of more survivable vehicles and greater payload. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Light_Tactical_Vehicle

The USMC specs for this vehicle are listed here: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/jltv.htm

Many of the prototypes are listed at: http://www.defense-update.com/products/j/jltv.htm

home page for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV)- http://contracting.tacom.army.mil/majorsys/jltv/jltv.htm

At least 18 other manufacturers are contributing elements or developing prototypes to compete for the next-generation of lightweight vehicles that will replace the Humvee, including General Tactical Vehicles, Hadas, Intermap Technologies, Lockheed Martin, Magna Powertrain, Mistral, ODF Optronics, Precision Remotes, Remote Reality, Reynolds Fasteners, Robertson Aviation, Rockwell Collins, Tai, Tesla Industries, and VSE, according to Defense News.

The companies agreed that if they are selected for the JLTV program, Northrop Grumman's Mission Systems sector will be the primary contractor and systems integrator, while Oshkosh Truck's Defense Group will be responsible for designing, engineering, and manufacturing the vehicle