1. Keynote Address 2004 Tactical Wheeled Vehicles Conference
Conference Theme: “Current Force to Future Force”
There truly is a lot riding on Army trucks.
It is the Tactical Wheeled Vehicle fleet that permits agility and mobility to Army units on the battlefield. The fleet:
- Transports and positions critical communications and intelligence systems;
- Serves as platforms for many weapon systems; and
- Arms, fuels, and fixes others.
The Honorable Claude M. Bolton, Jr.
Assistant Secretary of the Army
(Acquisition, Logistics and Technology) and
Army Acquisition Executive
February 2, 2004

2. How Many Tactical Wheeled Platforms Does the Army Currently Manage?
Trivia Question
How Many Tactical Wheeled Platforms Does the Army Currently Manage?
Trivia Question: How many tactical wheeled platforms does the Army currently manage?
(Hint: I’m including trailers.)

3. 295,000+ Trivia Answer Trivia Answer: 295,000+ trucks and trailers.
The actual number is 295,690.

4. Aging of Tactical Wheeled
Trivia Question
What is the Estimated
Aging of Tactical Wheeled
Vehicles in Iraq Versus in Peacetime Operations?
Another Question: What is the estimated aging of Tactical Wheeled Vehicles in Operation Iraqi Freedom versus in peacetime operations?

5. In Operation Iraqi Freedom Versus Peacetime Operations
Trivia Answer
10 to 12 Times Greater Aging
In Operation Iraqi Freedom
Versus Peacetime Operations
Trivia Answer: It is estimated that the dramatically increased OPTEMPO – together with the harsh environment – is aging vehicles by 10 to 12 times what they would experience in a comparative peacetime operation.

6. We Are At War Heavy Equipment Transport (HET) Battle Damaged
Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles
M870A3 Trailer
Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT),
Battle Damaged
Palletized Load System (PLS) Truck and PLS Trailer (PLS-T)
We have roughly 12 percent of our fleet supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom – 36,835 trucks and trailers. These include the HEMTT, PLS, HET, M915, 2.5 and 5 ton FMTVs; HMMVWs; and various other trucks and trailers.
HMMVW
Battle Damaged
M915A3 Line Haul Tractor
M939A2 5 Ton Truck

7. Movement Tracking System HEMTT Crew Protection Kit
Force Protection
Movement Tracking System
Up-Armored HMMWV
Crew Survivability is our number one priority, and we are protecting our force with up-armored HMMWVs, add-on armor kits, and the movement tracking system. We are currently looking at add-on armor kits for several HMMWV platforms, as well as the HET, PLS, M915, HEMTT, and FMTV. We intend to select the highest level of protection for each vehicle type tat does not exceed planned vehicle payload. Our focus in the development of these various kits is on the IED (Improvised Explosive Device) threat (large fragments).
In addition, an improvising reservist has been using his engineering skills to help provide better protection to Soldiers in Iraq in unarmored HMMWV. Capt. Darryl Butler (Task Force 1st Armored Division’s 354th Civil Affairs Brigade) is working with a growing team of Iraqi engineers, including metal workers, sprayers, and welders, piecing together his new brainchild: the modified protection for HMMWVs. More than 900 pounds of steel in a 25-piece kit make up what has been dubbed “The Butler Mobile,” a custom, modular armor plating system designed to be an addition to soft-top HMMWVs. The kit includes door pieces, floor plates, and a bolt-on fortress for the rear and roof, all of which put a layer of heavy steel between Soldiers and whatever the enemy throws at them.
The Movement Tracking System (or MTS satellite technology) helps direct the movement of combat-service-support assets in theater. It provides capability to drivers, and a compact computer screen displays a “rolling map” to let operators know exactly where they are at all times. MTS offers numerous tactical advantages. If a unit expecting supplies has moved or it is determined that another unit has a more urgent requirement for those supplies, a convoy can be sent an re-routing it to where it needs to be. MTS can be installed on some vehicles in less than an hour (two installers working on a HUMVEE).
M939 5-Ton
Truck Armor Kit
HEMTT Crew Protection Kit

8. Stryker in Iraq
The Stryker and the new SBCT are meeting the Army’s requirements for a deployable force that has a reduced log footprint, is C-130 transportable, and capable of combat operations upon arrival. There is still work to be done on the Stryker to field the Mobile Gun System and NBC Reconnaissance Vehicles and to improve survivability, but the accomplishments and successes thus far are something that the Army and Tactical Wheeled Vehicle community can build on. Two impressive facts: (1) Operational Readiness is consistently above 90%; (2) Fuel efficiency is 4.2 MPG.
The impact of Stryker and SBCT successes on the Tactical Wheeled fleet in fuel requirements is an incredible reduction in requirements:
SBCT Daily Fuel Use - 17,000 gallons
Heavy Brigade (Bde) Daily Fuel Use - 200,000 gallons
This equates to a reduced mission load for HEMTT Tankers:
SBCT- about 7 HEMTT Tanker Loads of fuel.
Heavy Bde- at least 80 HEMTT Tanker Loads of fuel.
Using 2-level maintenance and a PLL and ASL focused on only combat critical maintenance and dead line requirements results in a smaller and transportable parts package within the Bde and fewer mechanics. This parts package is also reduced further by the requirement for commonality (in parts) across all the Stryker variants (common chassis) and is further improved by commonality with FMTV with a common Caterpillar engine that is also used for Combat Engineer equipment. This commonality is a big deal and critical to our future efforts.
The TWV community needs to look at what the Stryker and SBCT have accomplished in moving toward 2-level maintenance, decreasing footprint requirements, increasing commonality, and increasing reliability as we seek to better support the Future Force as well as current requirements.

9. The War on Terror Will Not Be Short
Continuously Rejuvenate Today's Fleet
Replace Parts With More Reliable Parts
Leverage Commercial Innovation
Use Block Improvements for Vehicle
Architectures Upgrades
We must focus on continuous fleet improvement.
Continuously rejuvenate today’s fleet.
Replace parts with more reliable parts.
Leverage commercial innovation.
Use block improvements for vehicle architectures upgrades.
Crew Survivability is a Permanent Requirement

10. Challenges Increased Fuel Efficiency Increased Reliability
Reduced Maintenance
Here are the top challenges, in my mind.
Increased fuel efficiency.
Increased reliability.
Reduced maintenance.

11. Areas of Immediate Focus
Train and Equip Soldiers and Grow Leaders
The Soldier
The Bench
Army Aviation
Leader Development and Education
Combat Training Centers/Battle Command Training Program
Enable the Force
Installations as Flagships
Resource Processes
Strategic Communications
Authorities, Responsibilities, and Accountability
Provide Relevant and Ready Land Power Capability to the Combatant Commander and the Joint Team
Current to Future Force
The Network
Modularity
Joint and Expeditionary Mindset
AC/RC Balance
Force Stabilization
Actionable Intelligence
The Senior Leadership of the Army has established the following immediate focus areas to channel Army efforts on winning the Global War on Terrorism and increasing the relevance and readiness of the Army.
The areas include:
The Soldier: Develop flexible, adaptive and competent Soldiers with a Warrior Ethos.
Current to Future Force: Accelerate fielding of select Future Force capabilities to enhance effectiveness of the Current Force. Army transformation is part of constant change.
The Network: Leverage and enable interdependent, network-centric warfare.
Actionable Intelligence: Provide situational understanding to Commanders and Soldiers with the speed, accuracy, and confidence to impact current and future operations.
Resource Processes: Redesign resource processes to be flexible, responsive, and timely.

12. The Process ACQUISITION ? D O T L M P F CAPABILITY Acquire Develop
Contract
Test
Provision
Field
Operate/Sustain
Upgrade/Modernize
FMS
Retire
Demil
NEED
acquisition
ACQUISITION
We need to help others to understand acquisition.
Acquisition as a small “a” means to acquire, develop, contract, test, and field weapon systems and equipment to the Soldier. That is the small “a” of acquisition.
The Big “A” is the cradle to grave team effort. ?
D O T L M P F

13. Current Future Force Acquisition
FCS
S&T; Defense; Commercial; Foreign
We selected 31 technologies (out of thousands) for the Army’s Future Combat Systems development. These technologies are being spiraled to the FCS and our Future Force. The new Army Chief of Staff wants technologies today – not five to 10 years from now – to use today. Therefore, the S&T community and our partners in industry are now focused on the Army’s Future Force as well as our Current Force. It is a real challenge.
Current
Future

14. Industrial Base Responsive Viable Diverse
We need a responsive, viable, and diverse industrial base.
The February 2003 DoD Annual Industrial Capabilities Report to Congress:
The Army conducted a follow-on study of the tactical wheeled vehicle sector by assessing seven key critical sub-sectors (engines, transmissions, axles, transfer cases, radiators, drive shafts, and tires). All sub-sectors, except tires, received acceptable ratings with stable trends.* The tire sector had improved since the last assessment and should continue its upward trend. Most of the key sub-sectors have at least two manufactures, and all of them possess capabilities compatible with commercial industry. Capabilities required to design, produce, and maintain the current fleet of tactical wheeled vehicles are common to both the economical truck and heavy industry sectors. This allows the Army to take advantage of dual use opportunities. Most of the tactical wheeled vehicle manufacturers are financially stable and not solely dependent on military vehicle production.
NOTE FROM SAALT INDUSTRIAL BASE STAFF: characterization of 'responsive, viable, and diverse' for this sector is OK with some exceptions....armor plate and gun mounts for HMMWVs and painting tactical trailers. There we are going to use government sources because they were the only sources that could respond in the short time frame required to meet national security requirements.
*As you know we are going through a far greater number of tires in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and the industrial base is adjusting to our greater demands.

15. TWV Contract Awards
Awarded $1.2B FMTV 5-yr. multi-year procurement contract to Stewart & Stevenson  
- Added $389M in FY03 to AM General's HMMWV contract for 5,418 additional HMMWVs of various  configurations (included $72M to O'Gara Hess for 1,035 UAHs)
- Added $400M in FY04 to AM General's HMMWV contract for 5,712 additional HMMWVs of various configurations (included $135M to O'Gara Hess for 1,902 UAHs)
- Procured 6,300 HMMWV Armor Kits (4,800 from GSIE/ARL // 1,500 from O'Gara Hess) 
- Awarded $374M to OTC for 1,182 HEMTTs, 109 PLSs, 357 PLS-Trailers, 51 HET Tractors, & 50 HET Trailers produced under the FHTV contract
- Awarded $11.2M to OTC for HEMTT A3 development
- Awarded first of two-phase delivery order award for 525 M872A4 Semitrailers in FY03.  Results from recently completed Dec 03 tests will be determining factor production approval for the remaining 520
Here we see contracts awarded in the last year. In addition, the Oshkosh Truck Corporation (OTC) is working with the United Kingdom on its Wheeled Tanker Program:
- Awarded Contract 31 Mar 03 to OTC for UK Wheeled Tanker Programme for 348 Tractor/Trailer Systems    [218 Close Support Tankers-Fuel, 48 Close Support Tankers-Water, & 82 Tactical Aircraft Refuellers]

16. Electric & Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV)Technology
New designs for HEV evaluation & demonstration
HE Drive Adaptations for learning & demonstration
On-going Army S&T programs addressing system architecture, component & integration issues
Hybrid Electric
M113
High Power
Laser
ETC
Gun
High Power Microwave
EM Armor
Other
Pulsed
Loads
AHED 8X8
Future Scout &
Cavalry System
PULSED POWER
Pulse forming networks
and/or pulsed flywheels,
Hybrid Electric Bradley
POWER GENERATION
Diesel-Generator or Turbine-generator
MOBILITY
Traction motors, EM suspension, steering
Start
CONTINUOUS POWER CONDITIONING & DISTRIBUTION
Converters, inverters, power electronics, dc or ac buses, grounding shields, fault control
Main
The Army investment in Hybrid Electric Technology has its foundation in the DARPA/DOE Electric Vehicle/ Hybrid Electric Vehicle program, DARPA/Army Combat Hybrid Power Systems (CHPS), and PNGV activities of the 1990’s.
These programs developed many of the hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) baseline component technologies (i.e., high energy/high power batteries, flywheels, active suspensions, in-hub wheel motors, and silicon carbide switches) along with modeling and integration strategies.
These efforts helped to define and demonstrate the advantages and military utility of HEVs, future generations of which will likely find their way into the Army’s Future Combat Systems ground platforms.
Conversions of existing vehicles provided testbeds and demonstrators. However, conversions do not necessarily take advantage of all the potential advantages HEV technology offers.
Focus now is on designing and making prototypes that will allow optimization of the architectures and component placement, introduction of electric based advanced weapon and protection systems, and demonstration of the performance with respect to superior mobility, lethality, and survivability at a reduced logistics burden.
ENERGY STORAGE
Li-Ion Batteries and/or Flywheel
THERMAL MANAGEMENT
Heat exchangers, fans, pumps, fluids
Hybrid Electric
HMMWV
Systems Integration
Laboratory (SIL)
Temporary off- vechicle loads
(e.g. Soldier Power battery charging
Life Support
Systems
C4ISR
Systems
Control Systems
Onboard
Auxiliaries
Future Tactical Truck
(FTTS)
HEV key enabler of transformation to lightweight, fuel efficient tactical and combat vehicles

17. The United States armed forces are the world’s more powerful, most capable, and most respected military force. Still, there is no natural law that says that the United States armed forces will always remain that way. People will make that happen.
People like Spc. Christopher Smith, a truck driver with the 204th Forward Support Battalion in Iraq, who was awarded the Bronze Star with V device for stopping the leader of an Iraqi terrorist network and thereby saving the lives of 11 soldiers and six mission critical pieces of equipment.
Smith’s convoy was enroute from Camp Warhorse to Camp Normandy July 22 when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off on the side of the road. The convoy immediately began takings small arms fire from the right side of the road. Smith noticed a white truck speeding away from the IED explosion area so he fired into the truck. The driver of the white truck was shot with the IED detonator in his hand. An investigation later found that the man was the lead IED maker for that area of Iraq.
“I was just doing my job,” he said. “This award isn’t for me; it’s for us because we’re all part of a big team. I wasn’t the only one in the truck that day,” Smith said.