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Tactical Wheeled Vehicles

* Production continues for the joint light tactical vehicle being developed by Oshkosh Defense for the Army and the Marine Corps, but the program faces challenges as the services consider how to field the vehicles to operational units.

International Truck Market

* As orders for U.S. military trucks dip, manufacturers are looking overseas to find customers who can keep their assembly lines moving. National Defense looks at the international market for tactical wheeled vehicles.

Aircraft Modernization

* Faced with major readiness challenges and tactical fighter shortfalls, the Navy and Marine Corps are looking to add aircraft and capabilities to their aviation fleets. As part of this effort, the Pentagon has turned to Boeing to reconstitute and upgrade legacy F/A-18 Hornets that had been mothballed in the Arizona desert. Maintenance and modifications of the F/A-18 Super Hornet are also in the works.

Army Aviation

* The Army's UH-60 Black Hawk program recently hit a key milestone when a prototype of the V-variant successfully completed its first test flight. The project will upgrade hundreds of outdated UH-60Ls with a new digital cockpit. This will enable the service to bolster its aviation fleet without spending large sums of...