![]() ![]() The first modification contract of the HEMTT A2s was placed by the US Army in February 2008. Production of the HEMTTs started in July 2008. The total contract modification order increased to 1,745 HEMTTs worth more than $321m. The order included 750 new vehicles and 600 recapitalised vehicles including the tanker, wrecker, cargo and load handling system variants.īy March 2008, a contract ordering an additional 1,084 HEMTTs in the A4 configuration was placed by the US Army. In February 2009, the US Army’s TACOM LCMC ordered more than 1,350 new and recapitalised HEMTT A4s and more than 1,000 PLSTs worth $477m. It also included about 1,020 recapitalised HEMTT A4s. The agreement included 1,190 new HEMTT A4s, 180 new HEMTT A2s and 80 PLSTs. In September 2009, the US Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command Life Cycle Management Command (TACOM LCMC) ordered Oshkosh Corporation’s defence division to supply more than 2,450 new and recapitalised HEMTTs and palletised load system trailers (PLST) worth $801m. The vehicles cleared performance and durability tests over the following 18 months. In 2005, Oshkosh Corporation started developing next-generation HEMTT A3 vehicles after receiving a grant from the US Department of Defense. After the R3 programme the vehicles received the designation R1 on their model numbers. The programme reduced the turnaround to 100 days including shipping time and became a great success. In December 2002, the R3 (recap, repair and return) programme was developed by the US Army and Oshkosh to increase the turnaround of HEMTTs. By 2003 about 621 trucks were contracted for recapitalisation. Under the scheme new and recapitalised vehicles were provided to many high-priority units. In 2001 the HEMTT Recapitalisation Program was established by Oshkosh and the US Army. After 1991 the performance of the vehicles started to deteriorate. Introduced in 1985, the HEMTTs are the backbone of the US Army’s logistics fleet. Heavy expanded mobility tactical truck development Oshkosh Defense recapitalised more than 13,700 HEMTTs between 1995 and March 2020. ![]() This was followed by a $346m contract for the upgrade of the US Army’s FHTVs in March 2020. Oshkosh was awarded a contract by the US Army awarded to recapitalise 1,212 FHTVs including HEMTTs and production of 345 trailers in March 2016. ![]()
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