Offer Will Centre on Leveraging FHTV Experience
The US National Advanced Mobility Consortium (NAMC) has selected Oshkosh Defense to produce prototypes for the US Army Common Tactical Truck (CTT) programme, the company announced on 30 January.
“As the US Army’s premier provider of heavy, medium, and light tactical wheeled vehicle fleets, Oshkosh is uniquely qualified to inform the CTT requirements,” commented Pat Williams, Chief Programs Officer for Oshkosh Defense. “We look forward to partnering with the US Army to refine their CTT desired capabilities and ensure our soldiers receive the capability they need and deserve”.
The company has designed six CTT variants, including a Load Handling System (LHS), Off-Road Tractor, Line Haul Tractor, Cargo, Wrecker, and Tanker. As part of the prototype award, Oshkosh Defense will build and deliver three variants to the Army for test and evaluation.
The company is leveraging its proven Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles (FHTV) platform for the CTT prototypes, ultimately providing a modernised version of the already capable vehicle family. FHTV’s flexible architecture allows it to support a multitude of missions, with the ability to scale up or down with minimal change to the vehicle. The decades-long partnership with the US military has enabled Oshkosh to develop, test, and evolve advanced military and commercial technologies and integrate them onto the FHTV – these will be incorporated into the CTT variants on offer, to achieve the Army’s desired capabilities of active safety, fuel demand reduction, autonomy, mission flexibility, prognostics, commonality, and superior survivability.
“We’ve been the US Army’s trusted provider of tactical wheeled vehicles for nearly 50 years. We understand the complexities of the battlefield and the demands that combat can impose on the vehicle fleet. No other manufacturer can say that […] That knowledge, combined with our engineering prowess, positions us to provide the most capable and cost-effective CTT,” Williams concluded.
