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Oshkosh Defense’s Hybrid-Electric Version Of JLTV Impressed Army, Company Official Says

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, March 3rd, 2022

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Oshkosh Defense’s Hybrid-Electric Version Of JLTV Impressed Army, Company Official Says

Oshkosh Defense's hybrid-electric eJLTV. Photo: Oshkosh Defense.

NORFOLK, Va. — Oshkosh Defense’s [OSK] new hybrid-electric version of its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), the eJLTV, impressed Army officials during a recent engagement, the company told Defense Daily, as the service looks to industry to inform vehicle electrification opportunities. George Mansfield, Oshkosh Defense’s vice president and general manager of joint programs, said officials from the JLTV Joint Program Office and the Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office checked out the eJLTV, adding he believes the demonstrator platform…

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