The military already has a lot invested in the Humvee — over 25 years of R&D and manufacturing. Humvees remain the main source of mobility for U.S. Ground Forces, and will probably remain that way for some time. Basically, now is not a good time to completely switch gears and start to design and produce a new vehicle to take its place - and it is probably easier, smarter, and cheaper to invest in what we already have. Defense Industry Daily recently had a post with all the contracts that were Humvee related in September — you can tell by the ammounts being spent that the Humvee isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.
September 30, 2006
Humvee Continues Dominance in U.S. Military
Digg it« GM Inches Towards Release of Next Hummer Model
Hydrogen Hummer Makes Cross Country Trip (And History!) »
1 Comment »
RSS feed for comments on this post. | TrackBack URI
Leave a comment
You must be logged in to post a comment.
[…] tin are in the running to produce what the Pentagon is looking for. However, as stated in earlier reports, the Humvee isn’t going anywhere anytime soo […]
Pingback by Hummer Guy » Military Calling for Lighter, Stronger Humvee — October 9, 2006 @ 11:56 am