GAO denies Oshkosh’s protest over $9.7 billion JLTV contract

GAO denies Oshkosh’s protest over $9.7 billion JLTV contract
GAO denies Oshkosh’s protest over $9.7 billion JLTV contract

After AM General won a new contract over incumbent Oshkosh Defense in February, Oshkosh filed a protest, saying it had “significant concerns” about the award process.

JLTV: Lockheed Set To Sue Gov’t Over Withheld Documents

JLTV: Lockheed Set To Sue Gov’t Over Withheld Documents
JLTV: Lockheed Set To Sue Gov’t Over Withheld Documents

WASHINGTON: The world’s largest arms maker, Lockheed Martin, is about to take the government to court over the contract to replace the Humvee. When the Army awarded the first 17,000 of a projected 55,000 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles to Oshkosh in August, losing bidder Lockheed filed an administrative protest with the Government Accountability Office. But…

Oshkosh Beats Lockheed, AM General For Historic JLTV Win

Oshkosh Beats Lockheed, AM General For Historic JLTV Win
Oshkosh Beats Lockheed, AM General For Historic JLTV Win

PENTAGON: You wouldn’t have known it from the way the Army announced it, but the service awarded arguably its most important contract in a decade this evening to build the first 17,000 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV) to Oshkosh. “The JLTV production contract is a historic win for Oshkosh Corporation and more than 300 suppliers in 31…

Navistar Pulls JLTV Protest

[UPDATED 12:45 pm] Truck maker Navistar is withdrawing the protest it filed Friday with the Government Accountability Office over the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program, company spokeswoman Elissa Koc told Breaking Defense this morning. Had Navistar persisted, its protest probably would have delayed JLTV development for months while the GAO investigated whether the military ran…

Navistar Files JLTV Protest; Humvee Replacement Will Probably Top $15.5B

UPDATED: Navistar has withdrawn its protest — click here for the latest. Buy 54,599 armored trucks at $250,000 each and that works out to roughly $13.6 billion. That’s the military’s current plan to build Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTVs), which will replace most of the Army and Marine Corps’ vulnerable Humvees and unmaneuverable MRAPs (The…