BAE Wins $64M Contract For 10-Ton Dump Trucks / BAE Systems Receives $64.1 Million Contract For FMTV 10-Ton Dump Trucks

BAE Wins $64M Contract For 10-Ton Dump Trucks / BAE Systems Receives $64.1 Million Contract For FMTV 10-Ton Dump Trucks

(NSI News Source Info) April 16, 2009: BAE Systems received a contract modification from the U.S. Army worth $64.1 million to produce 500 Family of Medium Tactical Vehicle (FMTV) 10-ton dump trucks. The total value of the contract modification could reach $128.4 million.

The vehicles will be manufactured in Sealy, Texas in the recently developed Long Term Armor Strategy (LTAS) configuration.

These new dump trucks have twice the payload capacity as the present vehicles and include the LTAS cab.

Deliveries will begin in August 2009 and are expected to be completed by December 2010. “We continue to respond rapidly to the needs of the U.S. Army,” said Chris Chambers, the vice president and general manager for Global Tactical Systems programs.

“This contract modification will see the fielding of the highly effective dump-truck in the Long Term Armor Strategy configuration, significantly increasing its adaptability.” The LTAS is a system designed for the FMTV and is comprised of the armored cab or “A-Cab” and appliqué armor or “B-kit.”

This configuration allows FMTV crews to operate FMTVs in on- and off-road non-tactical and low-threat tactical environments with minimal vehicle weight. The crews can increase their protection during periods of increased threat levels by installing the B-kits.

More than 53,000 FMTVs and trailers have been manufactured in the vehicle’s 17 years of production. The commonality of parts among the FMTVs 17 production models includes shared engines, transmissions, power trains, tires and cabs.

This commonality significantly reduces the logistics burden and operating and support costs for the U.S. Army and has been instrumental in achieving the FMTVs 95 percent sustained operational readiness rate in Iraq and Afghanistan.

BAE Systems employs more than 2,700 people at Sealy and Houston, Texas and has nearly 900,000 square feet of manufacturing, storage and office space on approximately 200 acres. The Sealy facility has a long history with wheeled vehicle products and has established itself as a world-class designer, volume manufacturer and through-life supporter of high-quality, best value, military tactical trucks and wheeled vehicle systems with payload capacities from 2.5 to 18 tons. Today, BAE Systems’ Global Tactical Systems is the exclusive manufacturer of the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles and is the producer of three Mine Resistant Ambush Protected variants, the Caiman, the RG33 and the RG31.