A Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck being lowered onto a landing craft in January 2019. (Photo: US Army/Sgt 1st Class Nancy Lugo) Demand remains high in the US Army for heavy tactical vehicles. Oshkosh Defense has received a contract extension from the US Army for continued production and modernisation of its Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles (FHTV). The three-year FHTV IV extension from US Army Contracting Command is accompanied by initial delivery orders worth $146.8 million for 353 new and modernised vehicles, the US manufacturer announced on 3 May. Oshkosh designed the FHTV to support various roles, with a flexible architecture to accommodate capabilities such as condition-based maintenance, advanced driver assistance systems, autonomy, onboard power ‘and other proven technologies’, the company claimed.