General Dynamics to upgrade USMC LAVs with improved fuel tanks
The US Army TACOM Life Cycle Command recently awarded General Dynamics Land Systems, a subsidiary of General Dynamics, a $8 million contract to provide US Marine Corps Light Armored Vehicles (LAV) with new fuel tanks to enhance Marine safety and survivability.
The contract calls for General Dynamics to outfit 403 Light Armored Vehicles with self-sealing fuel tanks. These tanks are designed to protect crew members and the vehicle from ballistic and shrapnel effects. The tanks will bolster the ability to complete assigned missions and return Marines to base safely.
Work will be performed in Michigan, New York, and London, Ontario, Canada. Kits will be delivered to Marine Corps depots for integration through January 2012.
Source: General Dynamics
More from Land Warfare
-
![Hungary set to begin using Hero 400 loitering munitions]()
Hungary set to begin using Hero 400 loitering munitions
Developed by Israel's Uvision and with systems being sold in the thousands to multiple European NATO countries and the US, the Hero family of loitering systems is also in production in the US and Italy, the latter through Rheinmetall.
-
![Lockheed Martin to look further afield for GMARS rocket system opportunities]()
Lockheed Martin to look further afield for GMARS rocket system opportunities
The HX truck is already in use in many NATO and allied countries around the world as a logistics vehicle and carrier for high-value systems, including missile firing weapons, so its use for the Global Mobile Artillery Rocket System makes logistical sense.
-
![Medium knocked out of British Army LMP, with CAVS as heavyweight champion]()
Medium knocked out of British Army LMP, with CAVS as heavyweight champion
As the British Army seeks to modernise and consolidate its diverse vehicle fleet, yet another change in direction is underway.
