
The Marine Corps’ budget request does not include plans to procure new Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV) in fiscal year 2026 citing “contract delays caused by a backlog in vehicle deliveries.” The potential pause in procuring the AM General-built vehicles follows the Army’s own plan to no longer buy JLTVs and comments from the Commandant Gen. Eric Smith that the Marine Corps would have to “buy less” JLTVs without an increase in its budget. While budget documents recently released by…