BAE Systems wins $278 million Army Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle contest
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.
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.
American Rheinmetall and GM Defense will work together on the first phase of the Army's Common Tactical Truck program.
Budget documents lay out some of the Army's purchasing plan for the vehicles, recently the subject of a harsh Pentagon tester report.
The second increment of the Army's Small Multipurpose Equipment Transport will likely include requirements for a platform that would provide a weapons system, a communications retransmission asset, extra batteries or a launch platform for small drones.
Latest version of the AStRA competition will focus on networking tools and power sources.
"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.
Discover how unmanned systems and emerging technologies are shaping the future of U.S. naval power in Breaking Defense’s new eBook.
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.
The award comes ahead of the Army's $6.5 billion recompete of the contract next year.
The Common Tactical Truck will be able to connect ports to forward operating positions, maybe with AI.
Don't think about the Terminator or Iron Man: Think about Sigourney Weaver's power loader lifting crates in Aliens.
NATIONAL PRESS CLUB: The Army’s wheeled vehicle programs like Stryker and JLTV are leading it on the path to open architecture, a modular approach to designing software and electronics that makes them easier to upgrade. That’s particularly critical when, facing Russian GPS jamming, the Army is looking to improve Position, Navigation & Timing (PNT) on tens […]