Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicle Program
Program History 2011
In the 2011 Army Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Strategy report a number of decisions regarding the MRAP program (including the M-ATV, but not including the MRAP Category III vehicles). MRAP Categories I and II, and the M-ATV were defined as Tactical Wheeled Vehicles. Category III MRAPs were Engineer-specific vehicles and were not covered in the Strategy. The majority of MRAPs were not documented at the time of the report's publishing as part of the Army force structure. The Department of Defense declared an intent in the report to stop MRAP procurement once the existing M-ATV and MaxxPro Dash contracts were completed. The existing fleet would be maintained for use in missions requiring heavily protected vehicles.
There were a number of Army priorities outlined for the MRAP program. These included: document MRAPs, as appropriate, as part of the Army force structure; be prepared to transition MRAP program to Army pending decision of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics; and develop, resource, and execute a plan for the MRAP FoV to achieve Full Materiel Release and Type Classification "Standard" before actual force integration.
The decision was also made to execute MRAP decisions made in the Army Campaign Plan DP147 when completed and approved. The initial status of DP147 allocated MRAPs to: Fill existing requirements in units including Sustainment Brigades and Medical, Route Clearance, and EOD units (Armored, armor-capable, and unarmored levels); be placed in 20 task-organized Brigade Combat Team sets, 5 of which would be collocated with Army Prepositioned Stocks (APS), 8 at Charleston, South Carolina, and 7 at Sierra Army Depot, California; be used as part of Pre-Deployment Training Equipment (PDTE) and Combat Training Centers (CTC) training fleets; and be maintained as Sustainment Stocks and War Reserve.
A decision was also made to complete the update of DP147, which was then under review, for potential updates to: Include all MRAPs procured at the time and on contract; incorporate MRAPs into MTOEs as feasible; divest MRAPs when capability is either not required or can be provided by a more cost effective system; avoid new military construction to the extent possible; and factor potential use of MRAPs in the Ground Combat Vehicle and other portfolios.
MRAP decisions would be executed in the Army Campaign Plan DP156 regarding positioning of MRAPs/M-ATVs in APS. Work would be done closely with the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the MRAP Joint Program Office to recapitalize the MRAP variants selected for retention in the final MRAP Study II. The recapitalization would incorporate upgrades and standardize variants as vehicles were retrograded from theater. Once complete, there would be no move to further procure or recapitalize any of the MRAP vehicles unless selected as enduring capabilities/requirements. Repair for MRAPs would be performed as necessary until they reached their Economic Useful Life (EUL).
Preparations would be made to transition MRAPs to support former HMMWV and other Data Interchange (DI) requirements as Program Managers for other Army systems developed solutions for systems that needed greater payload and protection than could be provided by their existing platforms. Similar preparations would be made to transition MRAPs to support ambulance requirements and other portfolio requirements (M113, etc.). Work would be done to develop and field an improved MRAP recovery system, contingent on the acceptance of the Interim Stryker Recovery System (ISRS).
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