
The Marine Corps has plans to buy almost double the number of Joint Light Tactical Vehicles it initially projected to replace a portion of its Humvee fleet.While its program of record sits at 5,500 JLTVs, Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert Neller has his sights set on nearly 10,000 of the heavily armored trucks made by Oshkosh Defense [OSK], according to Andre Rodgers, the service’s light tactical vehicle program manager.“The increases are based on funding available,” Rodgers said Wednesday at…