* 1451 kgUS Army $214 Million Order Launches Production of Infantry Squad Vehicle
The U.S. 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. It is based on the Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 architecture, which will derive 90 percent of its parts from commercial-off-the-shelf components. 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 U.S. Army intends to purchase 649 vehicles.
The ISV program provides IBCTs an additive lightweight vehicle to move Soldiers and their equipment quickly over complex and difficult cross-country terrain. The U.S. Army can deliver the vehicle to the field by airdrop or helicopter, which increases the flexibility of Soldiers on the move. ISVs will provide greater mobility to IBCTs, as they are designed to move across restrictive terrain, allowing Soldiers to close on objectives with less fatigue and greater readiness.
This is the second important production contract award for Army light tactical wheeled vehicle modernization programs of record in the last year. The Army announced in June 2019 the production contract of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle. JLTV is modernizing the U.S. Army’s and U.S. Marine Corps’ light tactical wheeled vehicle fleets with a leap-ahead balance of payload, performance and protection.
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. Soldier evaluation via user-acceptance efforts has been a key element of the ISV program from the outset, and has helped compress the time it takes to field a modernized capability that meets infantry Soldiers’ needs.
The Infantry Squad Vehicle program has focused on meeting the Army’s emphasis on enhancing Infantry Soldier mobility and survivability by rapidly fielding modernized capabilities. Our product management team for Ground Mobility Vehicles undertook a great challenge to develop a strategy using experimentation and technical demonstrations to streamline the ISV acquisition process. Using normal acquisition processes, it could have taken as many as 36 months.
The ISV acquisition strategy was structured to promote the highest level of competition possible, including affordability. Due to competition, the program office will realize a reduction from the original independent government cost estimate for the program. This provides best value to American taxpayers. What’s more, a senior Army officer who has commanded at all levels in an IBCT was tapped to serve as the ISV program’s Source Selection Authority.
The U.S. 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. The U.S. Army will conduct tailored production qualification testing to address the vehicles’ ability to meet the performance specifications in areas not previously tested. 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.
https://militaryleak.com/2020/06/29/us- ... d-vehicle/
Chinese newspaper Global Times released a video on Sunday showing thousands of paratropers from the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force airborne brigade maneuvering from central China’s Hubei Province to a northwestern, high-altitude region, for large-scale drills. took just a few hours to maneuver from Central China’s Hubei Province to northwestern, high-altitude region amid China-India border tensions. The video comes a day after the Indian Ministry of External Affairs said that India and China had agreed during bilateral talks between army commanders to peacefully settle tensions along the Line of Actual Control.
Tensions over the disputed border worsened in early May after violent face-offs in the Himalayas, which left dozens of soldiers on both sides injured. Following the clashes, Indian media reported that New Delhi and Beijing had deployed additional troops to the border area in Ladakh, a region administered by India. But following that incident, roughly 250 Indian and Chinese troops engaged in clashes on the northern bank of Pangong Lake in Ladakh, an area that has been disputed by Pakistan, India and China for decades. Soldiers on both sides suffered injuries, and clashes have continued since then.
New Delhi and Beijing are engaged in a month-long stand off at the loosely demarcated Line of Actual Control, created after the 1962 war between the two the Asian giants. The countries have resorted to diplomatic channels but have so far failed to resolve the border issue. Since the Indian and China do not have a marked border, there have been a number of skirmishes between the two sides over the decades. China’s Foreign Ministry has stressed at the recent regular press briefings that the situation on the China-India border is stable and controllable, and diplomatic and military channels of communication between the two sides are unimpeded.
The People’s Liberation Army Air Force Airborne Corps is a corps directly under the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) headquarters.The PLAAF Airborne Corps’ weapons inventory includes ZBD-03 derivatives and 2S9 self-propelled mortars, large numbers of BJ212 jeeps with 105mm recoilless rifles or HJ-11 ATGM, and Type 89 120 mm SP anti-tank guns. The last two weapon platforms are air transportable. The last two weapon platforms are air transportable. There will also be more heavier armored units making use of recently inducted Type-15 light tanks, PCL-181 wheeled vehicle-mounted 155mm howitzers and new generation airborne armored vehicles in future deployments.
Com certeza pegar essa boleia vi ser muito melhor do que as marchas,cabeça de martelo escreveu: ↑Qua Jul 01, 2020 6:16 am Os militares dos Batalhões de Infantaria Paraquedistas/Aeromoveis/Montanha vão adorar poder apanhar esta boleia, em vez de terem fazer marchas forçadas de um lado para o outro.
* 1451 kgUS Army $214 Million Order Launches Production of Infantry Squad Vehicle
Henrique Brito escreveu: ↑Qua Jul 01, 2020 1:45 pm Com certeza pegar essa boleia vi ser muito melhor do que as marchas,
cabeça de martelo escreveu: ↑Qua Jul 01, 2020 6:16 am Os militares dos Batalhões de Infantaria Paraquedistas/Aeromoveis/Montanha vão adorar poder apanhar esta boleia, em vez de terem fazer marchas forçadas de um lado para o outro.
US Army $214 Million Order Launches Production of Infantry Squad Vehicle
Recentemente o EB fez a experimentação doutrinaria da viatura LinceFCarvalho escreveu: ↑Sex Jul 03, 2020 3:37 pm Deixa eu fazer umas perguntas já que o meu inglês é menos do que falante.
Qual a ideia por trás desse veículo?
Squad = grupo de combate?
Qual a real necessidade deste tipo de veículo para transportar apenas um GC?
Em que pese a mobilidade hoje vista em diversos teatros, como um veículo como este pode ajudar efetivamente a capacidade de seus usuários?
A falta de proteção é intencional?
Um veículo leve mais simples e já existente como pick up e/ou SUV militares não poderiam fazer o mesmo trabalho?
Aqui no Brasil o exército utiliza a AM-21 como pau para toda obra, inclusive, me parece, para as mesmas funções que a do veículo acima exposto.
Ela tem praticamente a mesma capacidade de transporte de pessoal e é polivalente. Com algumas adaptações poderia fazer talvez o mesmo trabalho que o carro da GM.
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