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BRV-O completes JLTV off-road testing

18th July 2014 - 12:06 GMT | by The Shephard News Team

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AM General’s bid for the US military’s Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) competition is making progress, with its Blast Resistant Vehicle - Offroad (BRV-O) completing off-road testing during the competition's Engineering, Manufacturing and Development (EMD) phase.

AM General’s Chris Vanslager, general vice president of business development and program management,  said that the company is very pleased with BRV-O's performance to date, and that the EMD testing was very much in line with company projections.

AM General was one of three companies awarded contracts in 2012 under the JLTV programme’s EMD phase. Along with the delivery of 22 BRV-Os to the US government for EMD testing, the vehicle has already completed design understanding review and manufacturing readiness assessment.  The vehicle’s crew capsule with modular armour design is currently undergoing government blast testing.

Vanslager said: ‘We look forward to getting this modern and innovative vehicle that provides unmatched situational awareness, protection, performance and payload at an affordable price into the hands of our customers as soon as possible. Light tactical vehicles are in our DNA and we are setting the pace on integrating components, meeting timelines and other requirements and working closely with our military customer representatives daily.'

AM General has designed the BRV-O to be adaptable to future changes in US military missions, enemy threats and new protection technologies as they emerge. BRV-O also features AM General's lightweight, fuel efficient engine and transmission powertrain; a self-levelling suspension system; and a C4ISR backbone with open-standard networked architecture and clustered super-computing power.

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