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National Defense June 2010 Grace V. Jean	Marine Corps Prepares For Budget Cuts and Uncertain Future Marine officials say that the force in the coming decades will be just as busy, but it will have to do the job with fewer resources.
National Defense January 2004 Frank Colucci	Military Vehicles Could Benefit From Hybrid Electric Engines Hybrid trucks that blend electric motors with internal combustion engines promise fuel efficiency, as well as plentiful, stealthy sources of electrical power for battlefield sensors, weapons, and command and control systems.
National Defense February 2012 Stew Magnuson	Tough War Lessons Force Military Vehicle Programs To Consider Fuel Efficiency Moving fuel to and around battle zones that have no "front lines" has an extraordinarily high price in terms of money and lives.
National Defense August 2011 Sandra I. Erwin	A New Mission for Military Trucks: Power Generation The new MRAP models come with double the power -- a 400-amp alternator, compared to 200 amps previously. Most of the older trucks have been upgraded to the larger alternator.
National Defense September 2006 Harold Kennedy	Marines Face Steep Cuts to Expeditionary Vehicle The Office of Naval Research plans to award contracts worth as much as $2.5 million for conceptual designs for a family of joint light tactical vehicles (JLTV) that would replace the thin-skinned, 20-year-old humvee.
Defense Update Issue 1, 2008	ARMY, USMC Set the JLTV in Motion Army requests proposal for the development of a new family of vehicles utilizing the most advanced, but mature, technologies.
National Defense May 2004 Sandra Erwin	Army Not Yet Sold On Hybrid Vehicles The Army's decision to stop funding the production of hybrid-electric Humvees is a clear sign that military vehicles will continue to be a tough sell in the world of fuel-efficient technologies.
National Defense February 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Electric Cars for Army Posts, But Fuel Guzzlers for Combat Electricity-powered golf carts are a staple on military bases in the United States. The Army now is asking manufacturers to design a larger and more sophisticated version of the electric golf cart in order to possibly replace thousands of fuel-guzzling sedans and SUVs.
National Defense October 2013 Dan Parsons	Commitment to Swimming Vehicle Throws Off Marines' Tight Modernization Schedule As with other large vehicle procurement programs, Congress is slowly draining off funding from the Amphibious Combat Vehicle as Marine Corps officials continue to push off a decision on how it will develop it.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2010	BAE Systems to Provide Onboard Vehicle Power System to U.S. Marine Corps The contract calls for installation of a power management system in a government-furnished High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV)for test and evaluation by the Marine Corps in the summer of 2010.
National Defense January 2011 Sandra I. Erwin	Weighed Down by Heavy Hardware, Marine Brigades Go on a Diet The idea that marine units are becoming so weighed down by equipment they are beginning to resemble the Army has been an irritant to Marine Corps' senior leaders for several years.
National Defense March 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Marine Corps Ponders Options to Expand Armor Forces in Iraq As the demand for armored scout units in Iraq soars, the Marine Corps is reviewing its entire array of combat vehicle programs and is considering revising procurement plans.
National Defense February 2007 Harold Kennedy	Army, Marines to Acquire 50,000 New Trucks to Replace Humvees A fistful of defense companies will be vying to win a contract to develop a replacement for the humvee -- the Army and Marine Corps' light, all-terrain truck.
National Defense April 2011 Eric Beidel	Challenges Remain as JLTV Competition Heats Up More than any other program, the Army and Marine Corps' effort to create a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle epitomizes the challenges the military faces with its trucks.
National Defense September 2006 David Axe	Technology limitations stall military hybrids After more than a decade of research and development, and despite much recent hype, military hybrids are still years away from mass production.
National Defense April 2008 Grace V. Jean	Move over MRAP: New Light Tactical Vehicles are Coming Joint light tactical vehicles are being designed to maneuver through the narrow alleyways and small streets in Iraq.
National Defense July 2008 Breanne Wagner	Marines Likely to Curtail Ground-Vehicle Wish List The Marine Corps is struggling to keep its ground-vehicle modernization plans afloat.
National Defense October 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Marines Seek `Combat Tactical Vehicle' to Replace Humvees The Marine Corps intends to replace its fleet of more than 20,000 Humvee trucks with larger, sturdier vehicles that are better suited to the rigors of combat.
National Defense February 2013 Dan Parsons	Smaller Trucks Seen as Lucrative Business in U.S. and Abroad Riding a wave of special operations successes and the expectation that funding will flow toward elite forces in the future, vehicle manufacturers are staking millions of dollars on bids to supply those shadowy warriors with new trucks.
Defense Update Issue 3, 2005	Military Applications of Hybrid Electric Drive With surging fuel prices military forces are re-examining the potential savings of alternative propulsion, primarily hybrid-electric drive systems, promising up to 30% - 40% savings, compared to current internal-combustion engines.
National Defense February 2015 Valerie Insinna	Amphibious Combat Vehicle Competition to Heat Up In its efforts to replace the 30-year-old amphibious assault vehicle, the Marine Corps has traversed a long and bumpy road.
National Defense June 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Future Light Truck in Peril? The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) is eventually supposed to replace Army and Marine Corps humvees. But recent comments by Marine Corps officials suggest that it may not be able to deliver on its promise of survivability and low weight.
National Defense October 2012 Eric Beidel	No Stranger to Scrutiny, New Truck Program Forges Ahead The Army and Marine Corps announced contract awards for the engineering and manufacturing development phase of the marquee truck program, which is supposed to give troops greater off-road mobility than a Humvee.
National Defense September 2006 Grace Jean	Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Battlefield `Islands of Power?' A recently developed hybrid-electric propulsion system for military humvee trucks can generate 75,000 watts of power -- compared to a conventional humvee's 2,000 watts of power.
National Defense October 2012 Dan Parsons	Frugality, Careful Timing Drive Marines' Modernization Plan For a decade, the Marine Corps has poured money into bomb-resistant trucks and other vehicles specifically designed for use in Iraq and Afghanistan while neglecting its amphibious fleet.
National Defense May 2012 Eric Beidel	Special Ops Trucks: More Punch in Smaller Packages When enemies began blowing up bombs hidden along convoy routes in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. military responded by beefing up trucks with unprecedented amounts of armor.
National Defense August 2010 Stew Magnuson	New Light Truck Program Has Tall Orders to Fill Army and Marine Corps officials debuted three prototypes made by three different manufacturers recently. And none of their solutions look anything like the humvees they hope to one day replace.
National Defense February 2012 Eric Beidel	New Requirements, Lower Cost Breathe New Life Into JLTV Though it appeared doomed just months ago, the Army and Marine Corps' plan to replace aging Humvees with a new off-road vehicle may have regained its footing at least for another year.
National Defense November 2009 Grace V. Jean	Robotic Humvees Resupply Troops Downrange The Defense Department is pushing hard for the development of fully autonomous robots that can replenish supplies, evacuate casualties and even search for explosives.
National Defense January 2011 Grace V. Jean	Marine Corps' Vehicle Buyers Turn to Auto Industry for Inspiration Sorry, marines, you're not going to get Mustang convertibles for the battlefield. But expeditionary F-150 trucks? Well, maybe.
National Defense October 2006 Stew Magnuson	Truck Manufacturers Show Their Wares The vehicle demonstration is designed to speed up the notoriously slow acquisition process by ensuring that the Army and Marines don't ask for features that contractors can't deliver or would take years to develop.
National Defense November 2011 Beidel et al.	10 Technologies the U.S. Military Will Need For the Next War Examples are faster and quieter helicopters, advanced crowd-control weapons, lighter infantry equipment that doesn't overburden troops, ultra-light trucks and better battlefield communications.
National Defense July 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Pushes Truck Technology Forward The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle is one of the most hotly competed contracts currently up for grabs in the U.S. defense market.
National Defense May 2011 Sandra I. Erwin	Army, Marines Face Uphill Battle To Lighten Troops' Battery Load Troops deploy with more electronic gear than ever: Flashlights, radios, GPS receivers, computers, cameras, mp3 players, small robots, all of which have to be constantly charged.
National Defense February 2013 Valerie Insinna	Marine Humvee Upgrade Seen as Inevitable The Marine Corps is deciding how to rejuvenate its war-weary Humvee fleet. Compromised performance -- caused by a decade of combat zone wear and tear and being overloaded by armor -- is prompting this action.
National Defense December 2012 Thomas A. Benes	Navy, Marine Corps Rethink Expeditionary Warfare Expeditionary warfare is evolving to meet the demands of a future beyond the Iraq-Afghanistan conflicts. The Navy is rebalancing its forward deployment posture, and the Marine Corps is in transition from land-centric warfare.
National Defense June 2013 Dan Parsons	Marines Hope to Preserve Advances in Renewable Energy Over the past 10 years, the Marines have made significant inroads to becoming self-sustaining in the field because saving energy and water translates directly to moving faster and killing more bad guys.
National Defense December 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Military's New `Light' Truck Defies Laws of Physics The latest Pentagon effort to acquire a replacement for the humvee, however, takes truck buying to a whole new level.
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National Defense February 2013 Stew Magnuson	Long Road Remains for JLTV Despite Technology's Maturity In November, the Army-Marine Corps' Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program will be seven years old. Time flies when a major military acquisition program is involved.
National Defense February 2012 Eric Beidel	Improving Bad Driving Habits Can Lead to Fuel Savings in Military Vehicles Experts are focusing on smaller changes -- both to the vehicles and how they are operated. This includes taking a hard look at who is driving them.
National Defense June 2011 Mark Signorelli	Viewpoint: Military Vehicles Should Make Leap to Hybrid Technology One area where the military has the opportunity to apply technological lessons from the commercial sector is the adaption of hybrid-electric drive technology for tactical vehicles.
National Defense February 2013 Dan Parsons	Amphibious Combat Vehicle Stalled Amidst Budget, Requirements Uncertainty A premier Marine Corps' acquisition program, and one of its most historically troubled, is on indefinite hold as officials continue to parse what exactly is needed in a new amphibious combat vehicle.
National Defense February 2010 Grace V. Jean	Marine Corps Faces Gap in Ground Tactical Vehicles Officials say the Corps needs billions of dollars to repair and replace battle-worn vehicles and to modernize its fleet with humvee-like trucks with V-shaped hulls to offer better protection from roadside bombs.
National Defense February 2010 Erwin, Magnuson & Jean	Army, Marines Mull Over Options to Modernize Truck Fleets The Defense Department has been on a truck-buying spree for the past several years, and the demand will remain high for some time. But truck manufacturers don't expect the good times to last too much longer
National Defense December 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Osprey's Cargo Capacity Driving Weapon Designs As Marines get closer to begin operating the V-22 Osprey, they are finding that making weapons systems small enough to fit in the aircraft's undersize cabin can be a formidable challenge.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2009 John Keller	The time has come for military ground robots Military robots for ground applications are coming into their own as U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) leaders are increasing their reliance on unmanned ground vehicles.
National Defense July 2014 Dan Parsons	Army Wants Trucks to Drive Without Troops The Army wants to retrofit a portion of its tactical wheeled vehicle fleet with robotic brains so that unmanned trucks, not troops, are put in harm's way during resupply and route clearance missions.