WARREN, Mich. – Armored combat vehicles experts at BAE Systems will build networked armored combat vehicles that will take-on battlefield duties as armored ambulances, mortar carriers, engineer vehicles, and command vehicles.
Officials of the U.S. Army Contracting Command at Detroit Arsenal in Warren, Mich., announced a $198.4 million order to the BAE Systems Platforms & Services segment in York, Pa., to build 240 Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicles (AMPV) to prevent a break in production.
The Army's AMPV networked armored combat vehicle program consists of five vehicle variants: general purpose, mission command, mortar carrier, medical evaluation, and medical treatment vehicles. The contract is for early-order material in support of future AMPV purchase, and facility-capacity-expansion efforts to increase AMPV production.
The AMPV, which is to replace the Army’s Vietnam-era M113 family of combat vehicles, and also will back-up the BAE Systems M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle on the battlefield.
The AMPV program calls for vetronics and software that adhere to the U.S. military's Vehicle Integration for C4ISR/EW Interoperability (VICTORY) open-systems standards, which use an adopt-adapt-author approach independent of specific hardware or software.
The program aims to provide the Army with a survivable and mobile fleet of vehicles to replace the M113. The AMPV capitalizes on the Bradley Fighting Vehicle and M109A7 advanced Paladin self-propelled artillery designs to enable the AMPV to maneuver with other modern combat vehicles in the Army's armored brigade combat team (ABCT). BAE Systems engineers are designing the new vehicle to accommodate periodic technology upgrades.
On this order BAE Systems will do the work in York, Pa., and should be finished by May 2028. For more information contact BAE Systems Platforms & Services online at https://www.baesystems.com/en-us/who-we-are/platforms-and-services, or the Army Contracting Command-Detroit Arsenal at https://acc.army.mil/contractingcenters/acc-dta/.
