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[10] [11] 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 Flyer Advanced Light Strike Vehicle platform has been developed by General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GD-OTS), in partnership with Flyer Defense LLC, for the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) Ground Mobility Vehicle Program. The Flyer Advanced Light Strike Vehicle platform configurations are the Flyer 72 and the narrower ...
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
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.
US Military Wheeled Vehicles (3 ed.). Victory WWII. ISBN 0-970056-71-0. Doyle, David (2003). Standard catalog of U.S. Military Vehicles. Krause. ISBN 0-87349-508-X. Archived from the original on 15 January 2018; Standard Military Vehicle Data Sheets. Ordnance Tank Automotive Cmd. 1959. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014
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. [55]