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Army

Northrop Grumman, Oshkosh, JLTV Armor Successful In Tests

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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

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Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Oshkosh Defense [OSK] announced their offering for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) family has undergone successful armor testing as the Army-Marine Corps program nears selecting competing teams to move forward. Oshkosh and Plasan USA, which was selected to design and engineer the vehicle's armor in February, conducted ballistic and mine-blast testing on the team's JLTV prototype (Defense Daily, Feb. 21). After the first round of testing, they found the armor passed all threshold capability and…

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