Drift
Joint Light Tactical Vehicle
JLTV · Army · Oshkosh Defense (→ AM General 2023)
−19%
$30.6B (2012) → $24.7B (2016)
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Baseline
$30.6B (2012)
Current estimate
$24.7B (2016)
Cost growth
−19%
Units
54599 → 54599
Quantity change
0%
Unit-cost change
−19%
IOC
2018 (planned) → 2019 (early)
Schedule slip
+1 yr
Cost basis
BY
Confidence
high · reconciled
A rare cost DECREASE — the program estimate fell ~19% ($30.6B → $24.7B, BY2012) on revised unit costs, stretched procurement, and competition; it even IOC’d early (2019). The counter-example to “MDAPs always grow.”
Source: CRS IF11729; JLTV MSAR (Dec 2023); Joint Cost Position (Jul 2012, BY2012). The $30.6B → $24.7B decrease was first reported in the DoD 2016 SAR.
Drift — an independent project by Aous Abdo, built from public GAO, CRS and DoD sources. Cost growth has many causes; a larger number is not by itself evidence of mismanagement. How this is built · Explore the data →