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ACAT II
Joint Assault Bridge (JAB)
PEO Combat Support and Combat Service Support | Detroit Arsenal, MI
WARFIGHTING
FUNCTION
Mission Command
Movement and Maneuver
Intelligence
Fires
Sustainment
Maneuver Support
and Protection
Engagement
ACQUISITION
LIFECYCLE PHASE
Materiel Solution Analysis
Technology Maturation &
Risk Reduction
Engineering & Manufacturing
Development
Production & Deployment
Operations & Support
MILESTONE DECISION
AUTHORITY
Defense Acquisition Executive
Army Acquisition Executive
Program Executive Officer
DESCRIPTION
The Joint Assault Bridge (JAB) provides the Army Mobility
Augmentation Companies supporting Armored Brigade Combat Teams
with a survivable, deployable and sustainable heavy-assault-bridging
capability. The JAB will provide a gap-crossing capability to cross wet
or dry gaps to provide freedom of maneuver on the battlefield and keep
pace with Abrams Heavy Brigade Combat Team operations. The JAB
is a M1A1 Abrams tank hull with heavy (M1A2) suspension integrated
with a hydraulic bridge launcher system to launch the existing Armored
Vehicle Launched Bridge (AVLB) Military Load Class 85 Scissor Bridge.
The JAB improves force readiness, survivability, mobility and agility
equal to the legacy force.
BENEFIT TO THE WARFIGHTER
The JAB provides survivability equal to the M1A1 chassis. It is the
sustainable system designated to replace the AVLB system (chassis and
launcher), which is mounted on an obsolete and unsupportable chassis.
The M1A1 Abrams chassis base makes this system more affordable than
the Wolverine (M1A2 System Enhancement Program-based). The JAB
will replace the AVLB system (chassis and launcher) on a 1-for-1 basis up
to 337 JAB systems.
SPECIFICATIONS
• Military load capacity: 85 tons
• Span: 19.19 meters
• Performance: Comparable to the M-1 Abrams and Assault
Breacher Vehicle
PROGRAM STATUS
• FY13: Prototype fabrication
• 3QFY13: Critical Design Review
• FY14: Prototype preproduction qualification testing
• 1QFY15: Soldier feedback demonstration
• 3QFY15: Request for Proposal release
PROJECTED ACTIVITIES
• 2QFY16:
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Milestone C
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Low-Rate Initial Production contract award
• 2QFY17: Initial Developmental/Operational Testing
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