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Lockheed Martin JLTV Rolls Up 100,000 Miles In EMD Testing

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Monday, April 21st, 2014

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Lockheed Martin JLTV Rolls Up 100,000 Miles In EMD Testing

JLTV Photo: Lockheed Martin

The Lockheed Martin [LMT] team April 21 said its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) has achieved 100,000 miles in the government’s Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) reliability, availability and maintainability (RAM) testing. In August 2013, Lockheed Martin delivered 22 JLTVs to the U.S. Army and Marine Corps for EMD testing, which continues through the fall. AM General and Oshkosh Corp. [OSK] are competing with Lockheed Martin on the program. All three companies delivered test vehicles to the Army for the 14 months…

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