First, it offloaded so many features from the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle that the system is becoming indistinguishable from an upgraded Humvee.

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On October 3, the Army and Marine Corps issued a revised solicitation aimed at saving their Joint Light Tactical Vehicle from extinction at the hands of Congress.

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The proposed solution was the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, a more survivable light truck that could serve the needs of soldiers, marines and special-operations forces battling elusive adversaries.

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It also will have little to show for years of work on a next-generation jeep excuse me, Joint Light Tactical Vehicle if the appropriators succeed in killing that program.

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Some industry insiders think what the Army is really trying to do in its revised solicitation is make the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program so unappealing that only commercial truck companies like Navistar and Oshkosh will bid for it.

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What really threatened the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, though, was a proposal to refurbish the existing Humvee light truck so that it would no longer exhibit many of the operational deficiencies that had led planners to propose a new vehicle in the first place.

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