FALLS CHURCH, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BAE Programs’ Beowulf has gained the U.S. Military’s competitors for its Chilly Climate All-Terrain Car (CATV) program, and the corporate has acquired a $278 million contract for manufacturing items, spare elements, and contractor logistics assist. The win additional confirms BAE Programs because the trade chief within the design and manufacturing of army all-terrain automobiles for operations in harsh terrains and within the hardest climate situations.
Beowulf is an unarmored, tracked, and extremely versatile car for carrying personnel and quite a lot of payloads in both of its two compartments. Beowulf can traverse snow, ice, rock, sand, mud, and swamp situations, and may function in steep mountain environments. Its amphibious function additionally permits it to swim in flooded areas or coastal waters. This marks the primary sale of Beowulf, which is predicated on its sister BvS10 armored variant in service with a number of European nations.
Because the deal with Arctic Mobility operations grows, we see rising alternatives in different markets for the BvS10 and Beowulf with an rising demand to interchange legacy BV206s.
“Beowulf is a extremely succesful answer to satisfy the US Military’s requirement for Arctic operations. We look ahead to offering our troopers working in difficult terrain and environments with this extremely succesful car,” stated Mark Signorelli, vice chairman of enterprise growth at BAE Programs Platforms & Companies. “We’ve got been maturing and modernizing chilly climate all-terrain capabilities for many years, bringing superior capabilities to the USA and quite a few different international locations. This contract means we are going to proceed to take action for a few years to return.”
Beowulf’s articulated mobility system is vital to its effectiveness, offering optimum maneuverability throughout various surfaces. Its modular design might be reconfigured for a number of missions, reminiscent of logistical assist, catastrophe and humanitarian reduction, search and rescue, and different missions as required.
Its massive home windows and spacious cabin make Beowulf appropriate to the duties for the CATV program, together with search and rescue, protection assist to civilian authorities, and homeland protection. Its trendy, industrial design ensures troopers’ operational effectiveness in executing all kinds of inauspicious missions.
Beowulf efficiently accomplished the prototype analysis section of the CATV program earlier this 12 months in Alaska. It carried out in a number of duties whereas remaining absolutely mission succesful. The testing included amphibious operations, navigating terrain with various ranges of complexity, beginning and working in excessive chilly climate, and most critically, person evaluation by troopers.
Beowulf is constructed by BAE Programs Hägglunds in northern Sweden, including firsthand expertise in working in an arctic surroundings. The platform contains a number of key parts from U.S. suppliers, reminiscent of its engine, transmission, and hydraulic system. The CATV program will change the legacy fleet of Small Unit Assist Autos (SUSVs), additionally constructed by BAE Programs Hägglunds, and identified internationally because the BV206. The BV206 has been in service globally, together with with the U.S. Armed Forces, for the reason that early Eighties.
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Claire Powell, BAE Programs, Inc. (United States)
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Ola Thorén, BAE Programs Hägglunds (Worldwide)
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