Tactical Wheeled Vehicles Division

The award was presented at NDIA's Michigan Chapter "5th Annual Membership Social". (pdf)

The Red Ball Express is awarded for outstanding contribution to the Tactical Wheeled Vehicle (TWV) community. Recipients of this award must have made significant contributions that have led to the strengthening of our national security by developing, procuring, or supporting Tactical Wheeled Vehicles or critical technologies that contribute to the same.

Mr. Sprang has made many significant contributions to the development and support of light tactical vehicles, especially the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), over the last eight years during a critical period of military combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. In particular, Mr. Sprang managed the production and fielding of thousands of armor kits for HMMWV’s in Iraq and Afghanistan, at a value of over six billion dollars. His relentless drive to field these kits as rapidly as possible, while adhering to exacting standards, saved countless American and allied lives

Sincerely,

NDIA & Tactical Wheeled Vehicles Division

Red Ball Express Award

Past Red Ball Express Award Recipients

• 2013 - Mr. Michael D. Sprang, JPO JLTV
  
• 2012 - Joint Program Office, Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles

Red Ball Express Award Nominations

Please bookmark this web page to obtain and view nomination submittal information and details on when NDIA's TWV Division will present its third annual Red Ball Express Award to a deserving government or industry organization or individual at a future TWV conference.  The recipient will have made significant contributions that have led to the strengthening of our national security by developing or procuring TWV's or critical technologies that contribute to them.

You can also follow the TWV Division on Twitter @NDIA_TWV or #ndiatwv.

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Division Mission/Objective/Purpose

Division Objectives
The primary objective of the Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Division of NDIA is to enhance the security of the United States by promoting communications and interaction between defense industry, government and military in the area of automotive activities.

The specific charter of the Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Division is to conduct conferences in technology areas directly related to automotive research, design, development, test and production.  Such conferences are intended to present advanced technology and provide for an exchange of information and an interchange of views between defense industry, government and military representatives.  The effective cooperation between these three groups is vital to our defense effort in the tactical wheeled vehicle area.  Each group brings unique inputs to such conferences.  No one group can function at maximum effectiveness without the other two.

Specific Objectives:

• To serve as an effective communications vehicle for the exchange of views and information between government and industry on matters of common concern.
  
  
• To foster mutual understanding and effective working relationships between government and industry in order to achieve a sound body of government policy and procedures which will serve both the security objectives of the United Sates as well as the commercial interests of its industry.
  
  
• To provide government with industry advice on government policies, practices and procedures and industry's needs and problems within the Division's purview.

Mission Responsibility
To promote national exchanges between the Defense Department, government agencies and industry, of information relating to the design, development, acquisition and support of vehicles and vehicle systems employed in land and amphibious military operations.

Division Charter (pdf)

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Division Leadership

Chair