At this week’s AUSA Global Force symposium, the company is showing off its new AMPV NxT prototype, a vehicle featuring Elbit’s UT30 Mk2.
By Ashley Roque“Expect to see as the [program manager] comes out with the acquisition strategy, a lot of competition investments,” said Army Under Secretary Gabe Camarillo.
By Ashley RoqueThe demo comes as the company’s other arms also seek out ways to equip vehicles with counter-UAS capabilities.
By Justin KatzThe deal could soar to $1.6 billion for an unspecified number of vehicles.
By Ashley RoqueAssembly of the Army’s new self-propelled howitzer program is moving out of the York facility to make way for an AMPV and ACV “Center of Excellence.”
By Ashley RoqueService FY24 budget documents unveil plans to buy fewer “light tanks,” M88 recovery vehicles, and halt upgunned Stryker procurement in the outyears.
By Ashley RoqueIf approved, the US Army will lean on BAE Systems to ramp up production from 12 vehicles per month to 16 over the next two years.
By Ashley RoqueThe once-embattled programs has been building AMPV at full-rate production for the last four months, Bill Sheehy, the company’s AMPV program manager, told Breaking Defense.
By Andrew EversdenThe 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.COVID-19 and quality control problems at BAE’s York, Penn. plant had slowed the replacement of the Vietnam-vintage M113 armored vehicle.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.