By Geoff Fein The effort to develop and field a replacement for the Humvee is going to be delayed as both the Army and Navy have been told by the Pentagon's acquisition chief the program needs more work, a Navy official said. The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) is expected to provide the Army and Marine Corps with a family of vehicles with improved survivability and greater payloads than AM General's Humvee. It will consist of five mission role variants:…
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