Thursday, December 27, 2007

Textron, Millenworks, JLTV (Updated)

I shouldn't be surprised that not long after I acknowledge news of the Boeing/Textron JLTV partnership that news emerges about a JLTV partnership between Textron and Millenworks (California).


The Millenworks Light Utility Vehicle.

Military Times included the above photo and a brief description of the Millenworks vehicle. The design places the driver in the center, and it bypasses the need for a normal drive train by using two motors (one electric, the other a diesel/electric combo).

So, the question is will Boeing be jealous? Or is it a threesome?

Update:
The image failed to transfer, but follow the link above the eternally processing space where the image should have been and you can scroll down to see it at the source. Meanwhile, I found a YouTube version of the same vehicle. It doesn't show a view of the entire vehicle (except an exceptionally blurry one at the end--so blurry that it had to be deliberate), but it shows some interesting closeups.



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