Navistar Defense preparing MILCOTS replacement for M917

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IHS Jane’s 360  /  October 31, 2016

IHS Jane’s Shaun Connors talks to James Mitroka Senior Program Manager, Navistar Defense on their Heavy Dump Truck (HDT) requirement proposal, a MILCOTS (Militarized Commercial Off-The-Shelf) replacement for the M917 fleet that is being retired.

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Department of Defense

Fiscal Year 2017 President’s Budget Submission

February 2016

Department of the Army

Truck, Dump, 20 ton

The M917A3 22.5 ton Heavy Dump Truck (HDT) is a commercially based system used to load, transport, and dump payloads of sand and gravel aggregates, crushed rock, hot paving mixes, earth, clay, rubble, and large boulders at engineering and construction sites under worldwide climatic conditions in a military environment.

The HDT integrated armor requirement is compliant with the Tactical Wheeled Vehicle

Long Term Armor Strategy (LTAS) Ballistic Specifications, v3.7, dated 19 Jan 06.

The HDT is required to replace the F5070, M917 and M917A1 HDTs with the oldest fielded variants at 50 years of age.

Heavy Dump Truck (HDT) Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) build is to begin 3QFY18 followed by Product Verification Testing (PVT) in FY19.

Concurrent armor development is to begin 2QFY18.

Armored solution testing will run 2QFY20 through 2QFY21 and production will begin 1QFY22.

Note: The Heavy Tactical Vehicle (HTV) Protection Kit program provides Armor Survivability Suite protection. HTV Protection Kits include B-Kits (with underbody protection), Fire Suppression, Fuel Tank Fire Suppression (FTFS) Blanket , Fuel Tank Self Sealant (FTSS), and Tank Armor Module (TAM) to enhance survivability. The Armor Survivability Suite components are mounted to an A-Kit Heavy Tactical Vehicle; which includes Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT), Heavy Equipment Transporter System (HET), Palletized Load System (PLS), Heavy Dump Truck (HDT), and Line Haul configurations to address numerous threats that the DoD has identified. The Armor Survivability Suite provides occupant protection through enhanced tactical vehicle ballistic protection.