“The strike company is designed to be the lead echelon of the battalion, which combines manned and unmanned sensors in order to make contact with the enemy and to attrit enemy forces before they come in the range of our traditional infantry companies,” Col. Joshua Glonek told Breaking Defense.
By Ashley RoqueAccurate sensors are critical for armor units under fire
Maneuver formations face multifaceted threats that include kinetic force-on-force and non-kinetic effects such as electronic warfare.
The service is looking for a “readily available” weapon for its smaller, lighter vehicles, that can hit targets at least 25 kilometers away.
By Ashley Roque Despite that decision, service budget documents do not indicate plans to significantly ramp up production.
By Ashley Roque
By year’s end, service leaders should have a draft TWV strategy to guide their decisions on a host of vehicle fleets from the Infantry Squad Vehicle to the future Common Tactical Truck.
By Ashley Roque
The US company signed an MOU with the UAE’s Tawazun Council for vehicle mobility and power projects.
By Ashley Roque
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GM Defense rolls into IDEX 2023 with concept vehicles looking to expand its footprint in the tactical wheeled vehicle market, including its Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV) Heavy Gun Carrier variant and its Next Generation Light Tactical Wheeled Vehicle.
By GM Defense
The service postponed its full-rate production decision by nearly a year, while working with GM Defense to retest vehicle corrections to address “deficiencies.”
By Ashley Roque
How advanced sensors are shaping the battlefield
Ground platform situational awareness is critical as vehicle crew survivability depends upon it.
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There are ways to leverage proven commercial technology that enables warfighters to more quickly benefit from modern capabilities.
By GM Defense
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Building on its recent success equipping the first U.S. Army unit with the Infantry Squad Vehicle, GM Defense is expanding into the international market for tactical wheeled vehicles.
By Breaking Defense
Budget documents lay out some of the Army’s purchasing plan for the vehicles, recently the subject of a harsh Pentagon tester report.
By Andrew Eversden
“The ISV is not designed to defeat or counter specific threats nor is it intended to operate as a combat fighting platform,” Steve Herrick, the senior program office official, told Breaking Defense.
By Andrew Eversden
Pentagon testers take issue with comms, guns and durability over tough terrain for the troop carrier.
By Andrew Eversden
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By leveraging a commercial truck platform for the Army’s Infantry Squad Vehicle, GM Defense hasn’t developed just one tactical vehicle, but a family of vehicles to meet multiple, tactical mission needs.
By Breaking Defense
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GM Defense is translating its parent company’s experience in electrification, autonomy, and connectivity to tactical vehicles.
By Barry Rosenberg
