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Lockheed Martin with its High Versatility Tactical Vehicle. [10] In March 2015, the Army changed the name of the ULCV to the Ground Mobility Vehicle (GMV). This created confusion, as the name is the same as the USSOCOM Humvee-based Ground Mobility Vehicle, and its replacement, the M1288 GMV 1.1, a vehicle also based on the Flyer 72.
By contrast to converted Humvees, the vehicle needed to be lighter, faster, more easily transportable by air, sea, and land, and contain next generation communications and computing equipment. The vehicle was expected to be selected by the end of 2012, with production beginning in 2013. 1,300 of the new vehicles are to be in service by 2020. [5]
The Army is purchasing a limited number of GMVs through SOCOM's GMV 1.1 program as an interim capability. [11] In May 2018, the Army awarded General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GD-OTS) a $33.8 million contract for the production of GMV 1.1s, which have been type classified as the M1297 Army Ground Mobility Vehicle.
The Flyer 72 is in service in the United States Special Operations Command as the M1288 GMV 1.1. It was selected in 2013 to replace SOCOM's fleet of 1,072 Humvee-based Ground Mobility Vehicles. 1,300 are planned to be in service by September 2020. [10]
Light Combat Tactical Utility Vehicle (L-ATV) M1297 Army Ground Mobility Vehicle (AGMV) DAGOR; Desert Patrol Vehicle; Light Strike Vehicle; Advanced Light Strike Vehicle; Ranger Special Operations Vehicle; Interim Fast Attack Vehicle 157; Guardian Angel Air-Deployable Rescue Vehicle [9] M1161 Light Strike Vehicle (LSV)
Ground Mobility Vehicle may refer to: M1297 Army Ground Mobility Vehicle, a U.S. Army truck program, formerly called the Ultra Light Combat Vehicle (ULCV) Ground Mobility Vehicle (USSOCOM), a Humvee-based light utility vehicle used by SOCOM; M1288 GMV 1.1, a General Dynamics Flyer-based vehicle used by SOCOM
Replaces the Humvee-based Ground Mobility Vehicle in USSOCOM M1297 Army Ground Mobility Vehicle United States: Light utility vehicle: M1301 Infantry Squad Vehicle United States: Light utility vehicle: 649 (procurement objective) Based on Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 platform. Designed to provide greater mobility to Infantry Brigade Combat Teams. [57]
U.S. Army GVSC is the Department of Defense's lead agency for automated, driver-optional, and driver-assist technology development for ground vehicles. Developed within its Ground Vehicle Robotics portfolio, these technologies apply through the common, open-source Robotics Operating System-Military to tactical and combat vehicle platforms and ...