Among the many, many big-ticket items under consideration by the United States military, one of the single most important is finding a replacement for the venerable Humvee. The iconic off-roader was ...
WASHINGTON – The Army is swapping an icon – the 40-year-old Humvee – for a lighter, faster, cheaper truck designed for future battlefields. The Infantry Squad Vehicle, more dune buggy than armored ...
The Army may bill its brand new Joint Light Tactical Vehicle as a replacement to the much-maligned Humvee, but soldiers will remain stuck with the latter for the foreseeable future By Jared Keller ...
Geez, this is unusual. I find myself in nearly complete agreement with one of the bloggers at TAPPED, the group blog run by the American Prospect. Robert Farley posts there today with a really ...
WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. Marine Corps remains committed to a huge program to replace some 170,000 Humvees in the U.S. military fleet, even as the services are scaling back their plans ...
WASHINGTON, July 2 (Reuters) - The Pentagon has cleared the U.S. Army to seek rush orders for up to seven times more specially designed armored vehicles to help protect troops in Iraq in a move that ...