General Dynamics had urgently upgunned a Europe-based brigade, but Oshkosh will build the next three to six brigades’ worth, starting with a unit in the Pacific Northwest.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.How do you safely fire a 105 mm cannon off the back of a Humvee? With a unique recoil-reduction system.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.The Army’s prioritized so ruthlessly that the top 11 percent of programs will get 50 percent of the funding. The other 89 percent can’t take any more cuts without it killing them.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.The fledgling defense wing of the giant civilian automaker rolled out an all-electric version of its Infantry Squad Vehicle, eying an Army competition for a stealthy electric scout.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.The threat of Russian drones, helicopters, and attack jets drove the first fielding to a unit in Germany, but the 8×8 Stryker variant may well find its way to the Pacific as well.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.Oshkosh designed and builds the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, but next year the Army will reopen the competition to all comers. The most vocal challenger: upstart GM Defense.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.Oshkosh, the incumbent, makes military trucks by the thousand. GM Defense, the upstart, has little recent military experience — but is backed by one of the world’s biggest auto companies.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.Israeli manufacturer Rafael claims it’s worked with the Army to get the weight of the anti-missile system down below a ton – and it’ll still protect the lightly armored Stryker as effectively as the full-size system protects the massive M1 Abrams.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.The Army’s already installed off-the-shelf Israeli anti-missile systems on its M1 Abrams and tried similar tech on Bradley and Stryker. But what it really wants is a standardized yet customizable Modular Active Protection System (MAPS) it can install on a wide range of vehicles.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.Building 10,000 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles in five years – at less than the original projected price – improves Oshkosh’s odds to win a re-competition for the program next year.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.With 9,500 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles already delivered, the Army was running out of room on its existing contracts, so it just ordered another 2,738 from Oshkosh. That’ll keep production going through a re-competition scheduled for 2022.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.