The company's Beowulf vehicle can traverse snow, ice, rock, sand, mud, and swamp conditions, and can operate in steep mountain environments.
The additional vehicles are part of the firm-fixed price $296 million contract to be fulfilled over seven years that the Army awarded Mack Defense in 2018.
GM Defense will leverage the GMC Hummer EV to meet the U.S. Army’s requirement for a light- to heavy-duty battery-electric vehicle to support reduced reliance on fossil fuels.
The vehicle will be used for analysis and demonstration.
A new partnership will provide a force protection system for the Mack Granite-based truck.
The program is part of a future contract opportunity to leverage the hybrid conversion technology for tens of thousands of vehicles in military applications.
The new HDTs will help increase the U.S. Army's operational effectiveness and readiness, while supporting mobility, counter-mobility, survivability, and sustainment operations for the Joint Force.
Mack Defense is partnering with XPER, Inc. to provide a Spare Tire Carrier (STC) and transparent armor for the Mack Granite-based M917A3 Heavy Dump Truck.
Six armored Mack Granite-based M917A3 Heavy Dump Trucks (HDT) have been delivered to the U.S. Army for the Production Vehicle Testing (PVT) phase: 40 weeks of durability testing at the U.S. Army’s Aberdeen Test Center.
Mack Defense has selected Hutchinson Industries Inc. as the provider of complete wheel assemblies, beadlocks, and thermal hub covers for the Mack Defense M917A3 heavy dump truck (HDT).
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