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Army

Army Has Doubled Maintenance Training For JLTV To Address Earlier User Issues

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, February 4th, 2019

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Army Has Doubled Maintenance Training For JLTV To Address Earlier User Issues

JLTV

The Army has doubled maintainer training for its new Joint Light Tactical Vehicles from 40 to 80 hours to address earlier concerns soldiers experienced while working on fixes to the vehicles during the evaluation period, an official told Defense Daily Monday. Col. Shane Fullmer, project manager for JLTV, said the Army addressed maintenance issues that were outlined in the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation annual report released last week by finalizing vehicle manuals. “A vehicle that provides more capability is…

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