“Armor and the Arctic don't necessarily match,” Cogbill said. “They're heavy. They would fall off the roads. They tumble down the side of a mountain. So we have to be light, highly mobile. It’s a matter of [having] just over the snow mobility.”
During JPMRC 26-02, the “Arctic Angels” grapple with tough terrain, fragile tech and logistical shortfalls as the Army tries to sharpen its Arctic edge.
On today’s battlefield, mobility isn’t optional - it’s mission-critical.
The buy represents the vehicle’s “first expanse” into Asia, a BAE official told Breaking Defense.
The service has been conducting several R&D and procurement programs to prepare its vehicles to succeed in extreme weather conditions.
The contract runs through 2029 and is designed to give the Army a new vehicle to survive in Arctic conditions in a variety of mission sets.
BAE systems and Oshkosh Defense, with its partner ST Engineering, will now compete for the contract, with an award expected near the end of June.
