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U.S.-Australia Enter Project Arrangement On JLTV

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Friday, February 27th, 2009

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As part of the Army/Marine Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program, the Defense Department and the Australian Department of Defence have entered into a Land Force Capability Modernization (LFCM) Project Arrangement (PA) for JLTV. The PA, effective Jan. 21, will develop and document a harmonized JLTV program through cooperative risk reduction, experiments and demonstrations, modeling and simulation, testing, and data collection. The project should result in an enhanced JLTV program and allow for continued cooperation in the JLTV program development,…

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