Finally, the JLTV contract is a fixed-price contract under which the company has to provide 22 light combat vehicles within 12 to 14 months to the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps.
Navistar said it might have an opportunity to bid on a production contract once the engineering phase is complete, but said it still thinks its Saratoga JLTV, based on existing commercial trucks, is a cost-effective solution.
Humvee is the closest thing the modern Army and Marine Corps have to the venerable jeep, and thus JLTV is in effect the competition to build a next-generation jeep despite all the bells and whistles that would make the new vehicle unrecognizable to the G.