US-Army: Fahrzeugprojekte "Infantry Squad Vehicle"/"Light Reconnaissance Vehicle"/"Mobile Protected Firepower"

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SAIC ISV

https://www.saic.com/isv

• https://military.polaris.com/en-us/dagor/

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PEO CS&CSS
Product Lead Ground Mobility Vehicle

https://www.peocscss.army.mil/plgmv.html


DOT&E FY 2019 ANNUAL REPORT

December 20, 2019

https://www.dote.osd.mil/Publications/A ... al-Report/

• FY19 Army Programs
  Army Tactical Wheeled Vehicles
  
  https://www.dote.osd.mil/Portals/97/pub ... 115323-957

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General Dynamics
2019 Annual Report

We are delivering 12 medium-weight, large-caliber prototype vehicles for the Army’s Mobile Protected Firepower program, providing a new opportunity to field vehicles in Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) formations using our newest combat-proven capabilities suite. The vehicles are highly lethal, survivable and mobile.

https://s22.q4cdn.com/891946778/files/d ... -10-K).pdf

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Infantry Squad Vehicle to “motorize” IBCTs

(DETROIT ARSENAL, Mich. – June 26, 2020) -- The Army today announced it has selected GM Defense, LLC, Detroit, Mich., to produce the Infantry Squad Vehicle, or ISV, to motorize Infantry Brigade Combat Teams. Delivery of this modernized capability is slated to begin with the 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, as the designated First Unit Equipped next winter. The contract is valued at $214,297,869 and the Army intends to purchase 649 vehicles.

It is based on the Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 architecture, which will derive 90 percent of its parts from commercial-off-the-shelf components.

The ISV’s basic operational capabilities include:

• Nine-man squad carrying capability

• Payload of 3,200 lbs.

• External sling load by a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter

• Internal load/external lift by CH-47 Chinook helicopter

• Low-velocity air drop by fixed-wing C-130 or C-17 transport aircraft

• Exceptional mobility over all terrains.

The comprehensive team responsible for bringing the ISV program to production contract award involves not only Army acquisition professionals, but also relevant stakeholders representing the Army’s funding and testing communities, Army Futures Command, and Forces Command.

According to Steve Herrick, the Army’s product lead for Ground Mobility Vehicles, PEO CS&CSS, the next steps in the ISV program include GM Defense delivering eight ISVs to Aberdeen Test Center in Maryland within four months. “Following delivery, our program office, along with Army testers, will execute an aggressive and tailored testing plan,” he said.

The ISV will also undergo transportability certification, which includes low-velocity air drop and helicopter sling loading. Next summer and fall, the Army will hold an initial operational test and evaluation.

“The program office is marching toward delivering ISVs to the first unit, the 1/82nd at Fort Bragg, approximately eight months after the contract award,” Herrick added.

https://www.army.mil/article/236844


Contracts For June 26, 2020

GM Defense LLC, Detroit, Michigan, was awarded a $214,297,869 firm-fixed-price contract for acquisition of the Infantry Squad Vehicle, installation kits, ancillary hardware and logistical support. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of June 24, 2028. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, is the contracting activity (W56HZV-20-D-0066).

https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contra ... e/2234393/

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Next Generation Combat Vehicles:

As Army Prioritizes Rapid Development, More Attention Needed to Provide Insight on Cost Estimates and Systems Engineering Risks

GAO-20-579: Published: Aug 6, 2020. Publicly Released: Aug 6, 2020.

https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-20-579

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BAE Systems, GDLS behind on ‘light tank' prototype deliveries to US Army

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, coupled with integration and supply chain issues are preventing BAE Systems and General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) from delivering ‘light tank’ prototypes to the US Army on time, Janes has learned.

Each company is under a contract valued up to USD376 million to build 12 Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) prototypes with the expectation that they would be delivered between March and the end of August.

“We will not receive all prototype deliveries by the end of August,” Ashley John, the public affairs director for the army’s Program Executive Office for Ground Combat Systems, told Janes on 25 August. “Due to Covid-19 and other supply and integration issues, we expect to be receiving prototypes into Fiscal Year (FY) 2021”, which begin in October.

As of 26 August GDLS had delivered two MPF prototypes to the army, with a third slated to be delivered within days, Vice-President of GDLS Bob Lennox explained.

BAE Systems also acknowledged prototype delivery delays but did not detail how many they have delivered so far.

https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news ... to-us-army

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GM Defense Delivers First Infantry Squad Vehicle to U.S. Army

MILFORD, Mich. — GM Defense LLC, a subsidiary of General Motors, is celebrating the first delivery of the Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV) – a light and agile all-terrain troop carrier intended to transport a nine-Soldier infantry squad and their equipment – to the U.S. Army as part of a $214.3 million contract awarded in June. GM Defense will manufacture 649 ISVs and will support the production of up to 2,065 vehicles with additional authorization over eight years. This is the first major award and delivery for GM Defense since the subsidiary was reestablished by its parent company in 2017.

https://www.gmdefensellc.com/site/us/en ... -army.html