Several tactical wheeled vehicle decisions remain following the 25 August award to Oshkosh Defense for the massive Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) programme, such as whether production will be re-competed and how to handle remaining Humvee fleets. Interestingly, as an option within the initial USD6.7 billion contract, the US Army can buy a technical data package from Oshkosh for the JLTV that would allow the service to re-compete production, Colonel Shane Fullmer, the army's JLTV project manager, told reporters. However, the army has not decided if or when it would do that.
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