Originally Posted by
Evalu8ter
There’s a bit more to the story. The MRV-P (Multi Role Vehicle - Protected) contract has been awarded to Oshkosh for 700+ highly survivable JLTVs, with the potential for more - MoD just need to clear the Business Case. Boxer has also been ordered. What the Army is doing is rationalising all of the various UOR buys and their complex (read expensive....) support arrangements. We forget that UORs are inevitably compromises, and biased towards the ‘T’ in ‘TCP’. They are also (unsurprisingly) optimised to the Campaign they are purchased to support, so may be poorly configured for more general use or long term supportability and upgrade.
Not quite right, the JLTV is only for MRV-P Package 1, which are the
command & liaison and utility roles. Package 2 for an ambulance and troop transport is still up for selection, though the only competitors are now the Bushmaster and the GD Eagle 6x6