BAE Systems to upgrade more US M88A1s
BAE Systems has been awarded a $110.4 million contract to upgrade 36 of the US Army's M88A1 recovery vehicles to the M88A2 Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift Evacuation Systems (HERCULES) configuration.
The work is set to begin immediately and deliveries of the upgraded M88A2 HERCULES will take place in January-October 2017.
The HERCULES is currently the only vehicle that can recover the M1 Abrams tank and the heaviest MRAP vehicle variants in a combat environment.
John Tile, director of recovery programs, BAE Systems, said: 'The HERCULES is an integral part of the US Army's Armored Brigade Combat Team and essential to its recovery missions as the fleet becomes heavier. This award continues the army's stated objective to pure-fleet its M88s to the more capable HERCULES configuration.'
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