The Design Understanding
Review, which was held December 18 through 20, assessed all elements
of Lockheed Martin’s JLTV design and confirmed its overall maturity
and requirements compliance.
“We are focused on ensuring that our servicemen and women get
the very best equipment for the mission,” said Scott Greene, vice
president of Ground Vehicles for Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control.
“Our JLTV is affordable both to buy and to operate. It provides
proven performance with room to upgrade capabilities as required and
is ready for production.”
In refining its EMD design, the Lockheed Martin team optimized a JLTV
model already proven in government testing. The production-enhanced
JLTV maintains the proven force protection, transportability and reliability
of the earlier Technology Demonstration model, while significantly reducing
weight and cost. Lockheed Martin’s JLTV design reflects improvements
from more than 160,000 combined testing miles.
The JLTV family of vehicles is designed to replace and supplement the
existing fleet of Army and Marine Corps Humvees. Compared to existing
vehicles, JLTV will provide greatly improved crew protection, lower
logistical support costs, superior fuel efficiency and state-of-the-art
connectivity with other platforms and systems. Government tests show
the Lockheed Martin design equals the high blast-protection standards
of much larger mine-resistant vehicles serving in combat today.
In August 2012, Lockheed Martin received a $65 million contract from
the Army and Marine Corps to continue developing its JLTV design through
the EMD phase. Assembly of the first EMD JLTVs is under way at BAE Systems’
military-vehicle manufacturing plant in Sealy, Texas.
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control is a 2012 recipient of the
U.S. Department of Commerce’s Malcolm Baldrige National Quality
Award for performance excellence. The Malcolm Baldrige Award represents
one of the highest honors that can be awarded to American companies
for their achievements in leadership, strategic planning, customer relations,
measurement, analysis, workforce excellence, operations and results.
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