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Article: Marines call off light truck procurement: Corps says it wants 'transformational technology' for future tactical vehicles.
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- National Defense
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- July 1, 2002
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Delays in the development of the V-22 tilt-rotor aircraft have prompted the cancellation of the Marine Corps' light truck program known as the internally-transportable vehicle.
The ITV program began two years ago, with a goal of purchasing up to 2,700 light trucks for Marines and Special Operations Forces. The vehicle would be small enough to fit inside the cargo bay of the V-22 Osprey aircraft and heavy-lift helicopters. At that time, the Osprey was scheduled to enter the fleet in fiscal year 2003. Given the short time available to develop a new vehicle from scratch, the Corps selected, in 2000, two commercial vehicles as candidates for ITV--the DaimlerChrysler ...