General Dynamics to Support Irregular Warfare with Internally Transportable Vehicles

The U.S. Special Operations Command has awarded a $170 million contract to Battelle for the procurement of non-standard commercial vehicles and a $166 million contract to Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) to develop a dry combat submersible system for USSOCOM. Battelle will configure trucks and sport utility vehicles for the command in order to allow for the integration of armor, heavy-duty suspension and

The U.S. Army Research Laboratory has approved an Alcoa (NYSE: AA) armor plate for use in U.S. military vehicles after being tested on a prototype ground vehicle demonstrator intended to be fuel efficient. ArmX® 5456-H151 armor plates are designed to absorb blasts and resist ballistic weapons,  Alcoa said Thursday. “Alcoa’s military-grade aluminum alloys and products have helped the

BAE Systems has won a $149, 882, 446 contract to provide 49 recovery vehicles to the U.S. Army and three sets of spare parts. The firm-fixed price, multi-year contract contains no options and the Army is allocating fiscal year 2013 other funding for this award, the Defense Department said Wednesday. M88A2 Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility