GD’s GMV selected for USSOCOM vehicle
General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GDOTS) has been awarded a $562 million contract for the purchase of Ground Mobility Vehicles 1.1. for the US Special Forces Command (USSOCOM).
A spokesperson from GDOTS told Shephard that their vehicle, called the Flyer GMV 1.1, is a ‘modified configuration’ of the Flyer Advanced Light Strike Vehicle (ALSV) platform that will be provided to meet USSOCOM’s 4x4 tactical wheeled vehicle requirement.
Announced on 22 August, the DoD stated that the contract will last seven years out to September 2020 and an initial delivery order will be issued with the contract award funded
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