THAT is the stupidity here; that the Lockheed Martin management would let a camera man drive the vehicle.
Doncha just hate when that happens?
Why they let news reporters drive the vehicle, I’ll never understand.
In a related story, Lockheed Martin announced a new program manager for their JLTV program and a new Vice President for Public Relations. /Sarc
Certanly a good candidate to replace the armored HMMWV especially since it flips over in exactly the same way (hard corner at speed with a turret on top).
Yes and a bargain at only 4 times the cost.
Not that I’m defending the cameraman who was driving, but nearly every military vehicle is designed so that, in an emergency, any random grunt can get in the thing and drive out of a killzone. If this thing flipped with J. Random Person driving, knowing that it was an unfamiliar vehicle but presumably understanding the mechanics of driving a vehicle (steering wheel, gas, brake, etc), then I’d say a fair share of the blame lies with Lockheed for apparently missing a test or blowing some QA procedure on a modification they made to the vehicle (i.e. how much extreme maneuver testing did they put it through with perimeter loads like turrets and add-on weapons systems?).