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House Appropriators Want Army Study On Common Tactical Truck Alternatives, Including FHTV Recap

House Appropriators Want Army Study On Common Tactical Truck Alternatives, Including FHTV Recap
FORT MCCOY, Wis. – A heavy expanded mobility tactical truck (HEMTT) prepares to recover another vehicle that has been immobilized by a mock improvised explosive device during a combat support training exercise at Fort McCoy, Wis., Aug. 21, 2016. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. Clinton Massey, 206th Broadcast Operations Detachment)

As the Army pursues its next-generation Common Tactical Truck (CTT) effort, House appropriators want the service to conduct an Analysis of Alternatives study for the program that would include assessing the option of modernizing via recapitalization of the current Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles (FHTV) truck fleet. In the bill report accompanying its proposed fiscal year 2025 defense spending legislation, House appropriators cited concerns the Army’s effort to pursue a common chassis across mission variants for CTT could “unintentionally reduce…

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