GTV fails requirements.

Thanks Jonathan for this article!

via Inside Defense (subscription only).

General Tactical Vehicle's prototype for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program does not meet a 76-inch height requirement, according to Don Howe, GTV senior program director.
The Marine Corps has a 76-inch height requirement so that the vehicle can fit aboard the lower deck of maritime prepositioning ships. Transportability is a top requirement for the Marine Corps when it comes to JLTV's engineering and manufacturing development phase so that the service can return to its expeditionary roots.
However, GTV has an alternative proposition for the service. A third-party analysis has been conducted, and the vehicle can fit in other locations on the ship, Howe told Inside the Navy May 2.
"Pure and simple, from our perspective, these vehicles are 100-percent transportable in accordance with the requirements of the RFP," he said.
GTV formed in 2006 and is a joint venture between AM General and General Dynamics Land Systems. GDLS is a leader in heavy and medium tactical vehicles, and AM General is the incumbent in the humvee vehicle program, Howe stated.

Uh...can we say bullshit?

This is big boy procurement.  You know what the requirements are and you either meet them or you don't.  They gambled by bringing in the Mowag Eagle and its bitten them in the ass.  Trying to play these lawyer games by saying that an "alternative proposition" for the service has been found and the vehicle can fit other locations on the ship is interesting.

Good on you for being creative.

Now carry your sorry ass down the road.  You're a no go.  You did not pass.  You will not be accepted.

Thanks for trying.