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Army

Oshkosh JLTV Prevailed Despite Loss Earlier In Program

Wednesday, August 26th, 2015

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A close watcher of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program could be forgiven for discounting Oshkosh [OSK] as the eventual winner of the $30 billion contract to replace Army and Marine Corps Humvees.The company, then partnered with Northrop Grumman [NOC], in 2008 was denied entry to the program’s technology demonstration (TD) phase.Losing out on the TD phase might have been exactly what enabled the veteran truck manufacturer to come back and win the initial $6 billion contract to build…

Congress

Senior GOP HASC Members Wittman, Turner Ousted Amid Dems’ Blue Wave

Two senior Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee, including a potential frontrunner for the panel’s top GOP role, have officially lost their reelection bids. Reps. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) and […]

Congress

Dems’ Big Night Set To Reshape Top Defense Committee Spots, As Key GOP’ers Knocked Off

Democrats’ sweeping victories in Tuesday’s midterms, taking back control of the House and Senate, are set to reshape key spots atop defense committees, to include House Armed Services panels and […]

Congress

Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

As the mid-term elections near with polls showing an increasing likelihood of a switch in majority control in the House and potentially the Senate, three Virginia Republicans on the House […]

‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

In the latest U.S. Air Force fighter force structure report submitted to Congress, the service speaks of a “theoretical potential” to achieve a goal of 1,509 combat-coded fighters in the […]