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Army picks four companies to build tactical truck prototypes
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Posted on 01/28/2023 4:24:59 PM PST by BenLurkin

The U.S. Army announced Friday that it had selected four companies to build tactical truck prototypes.

In a release, the branch awarded Mack Defense, Navistar Defense, Oshkosh Defense and the American Rheinmetall Vehicles/GM Defense team deals worth a combined total of $24.25 million.

The contractors will provide three prototypes of each variant for the Common Tactical Truck (CTT) Family of Vehicles.

Each team will build three prototypes of each variant, including the M915 Line Haul Tractor and M1088 Medium Tractor, the Palletized Load System (PLS) and the Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT).


The contractors will provide three prototypes of each variant.
(Conceptual renderings courtesy of U.S. Army.)

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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: americanrheinmetall; letswastemoremoney; mack; mic; navistar; oshkosh; warmachines
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To: BenLurkin
Ah, I got your prototype right here.
 
21 posted on 01/28/2023 6:09:24 PM PST by Flatus I. Maximus (If Black Lives Matter, how do you explain Chicago?)
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To: BenLurkin

Are ESG scores involved in who they chose?


22 posted on 01/28/2023 7:10:00 PM PST by HollyB
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Listening to the 1944 World Series.


23 posted on 01/29/2023 3:25:48 AM PST by MCF (If my home can't be my Castle, then it will be my Alamo)
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To: MCF

I saw the “Browns” team name on the board. Sounds like a name that would go over well today.


24 posted on 01/29/2023 4:33:25 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Once you get people to believe that a plural pronoun is singular, they'll believe anything - nicollo)
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To: SauronOfMordor

I guarantee you that I can find a mud hole they will get stuck in.


25 posted on 01/29/2023 4:38:55 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ (Don't rush to your death.)
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To: ealgeone
It has been explained to me that this falls into the same general category as making "new" B-52s: The processes and skills no longer exist within industry. This is also why the mighty Saturn V F-1 engines can't be made again: The processes and skills no longer exist.

I think this extends to the parts used to make the old trucks. The manufacturers have discarded the old tooling and moved on to different processes which need different skills.

We could revive all three; but, it doesn't really make sense to do so.

26 posted on 01/29/2023 5:52:23 AM PST by GingisK
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To: GingisK

If they really were interested in long-term cost effectiveness, they would develop a truck that could be used in civilian rural/construction applications (minus the armor, etc).

Thus the production line could be kept going continuously, churning out civilian/export versions when the US military didn’t need more.

But this way probably generates more bribe money.


27 posted on 01/29/2023 9:08:28 AM PST by SauronOfMordor (The rot of all principle begins with a single compromise.)
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To: GingisK

>>This is also why the mighty Saturn V F-1 engines can’t be made again: The processes and skills no longer exist.<<

Musk’s Starship booster is comparable to Saturn V, but Biden keeps messing with Musk’s permits.


28 posted on 01/29/2023 9:16:20 AM PST by SauronOfMordor (The rot of all principle begins with a single compromise.)
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To: SauronOfMordor
Musk’s Starship booster is comparable to Saturn V

Not really. The Saturn V used five F-1 engines. Musk's Starship needs 33 of those puny little Raptor things.

Besides, the Saturn V didn't look a big penis.

29 posted on 01/29/2023 4:08:34 PM PST by GingisK
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To: GingisK

The big factor is not the number of engines, it’s cost per pound to orbit. And Musk is doing very well on that.


30 posted on 01/29/2023 4:16:25 PM PST by SauronOfMordor (The rot of all principle begins with a single compromise.)
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To: SauronOfMordor

Could be that the mission of the military changes over time. The equipment would need to change as well. If we were to accept your view of things, they would still be making parts for bi-planes and the Model-T trucks.


31 posted on 01/29/2023 4:22:20 PM PST by GingisK
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