General Motors vient d'annoncer qu'il a signé un contrat pour la fabrication et la livraison du nouveau véhicule d'escadron d'infanterie (ISV) de l'armée américaine. L'accord de 214,3 millions de dollars prévoit en tout et pour tout la production de 2065 véhicules.

Par l'intermédiaire de sa division GM Defense LLC, le fabricant doit construire un véhicule chargé du transport des troupes. Il doit être léger et agile, et doit pouvoir transporter neuf soldats. Il est prévu que cet engin puisse être chargé à partir d'un hélicoptère UH-60 Blackhawk et être suffisamment compact pour rentrer dans un hélicoptère CH-47 Chinook pour le transport aérien. C'est finalement GM qui a remporté ce contrat, il va pouvoir fabriquer cet engin militaire à partir de l'architecture du Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 de 2020.

"Remporter ce contrat de l'armée est une reconnaissance bien méritée pour le travail et le dévouement de notre équipe GM Defense", a commenté David Albritton, président de GM Defense. "Nous sommes convaincus que le GMD ISV répondra et dépassera toutes les exigences de nos clients".

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Le constructeur automobile explique que son ISV utilise jusqu'à 90 % de pièces déjà vendues dans le commerce, ce qui facilite la production et l'entretien d'un tel engin. Ces pièces comprennent des éléments de suspension, sa transmission automatique à six vitesses et le moteur turbodiesel de 2,8 litres développant 186 ch.

"C'est en effet un honneur de tirer parti de l'expérience de notre société mère, l'un des plus grands constructeurs automobiles du monde, pour concevoir, construire et fournir les meilleures technologies disponibles aux hommes et aux femmes des forces armées américaines et à nos alliés", a ajouté David Albritton.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Army Contracting Command–Detroit Arsenal announced today that GM Defense LLC, a subsidiary of General Motors, has been awarded the production contract to build, field and sustain the Army’s new Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV). 

Designed to provide rapid ground mobility, the expeditionary ISV is a light and agile all-terrain troop carrier intended to transport a nine-Soldier infantry squad moving throughout the battlefield. The ISV is light enough to be sling loaded from a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter and compact enough to fit inside a CH-47 Chinook helicopter for air transportability. The total production ISV contract award value is $214.3 million to procure the initial Army Procurement Objective of 649. The approved Army Acquisition Objective is 2,065 vehicles.

GM Defense’s solution to the Army’s next-generation transportation needs is based off the award-winning 2020 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 midsize truck architecture and leverages 90 percent commercial off-the-shelf parts. These parts include the Multimatic dual spool-valve dampers and Chevrolet Performance suspension components. The durability and performance of those components have been proven in the grueling Best in the Desert race series, where Colorado is one of only four vehicles to complete 11 consecutive races (out of a total of 434 competitors).

As a result, GM Defense can deliver an ISV with world class manufacturing efficiencies, ease of maintenance and a well-established global supply chain. All ISV models will be equipped with an occupant and cargo superstructure powered by a 186-horsepower, 2.8L Duramax turbo-diesel engine, and six-speed automatic transmission.

“Winning this Army award is well-deserved recognition for the hard work and dedication of our GM Defense team and their production of a fantastic vehicle. We are confident the GMD ISV will meet and exceed all of our customers’ requirements,” said David Albritton, president of GM Defense. “It’s indeed an honor to leverage our parent company’s experience as one of the world’s largest automotive manufacturers to design, build and deliver the best technologies available to the men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces and our allies.”

In 2019, GM Defense partnered with Ricardo Defense after the U.S. Army awarded three $1 million contracts to competing industry providers to develop ISV prototypes for testing, evaluation and down-selection for the production contract. Ricardo Defense will support key product logistics and fielding requirements of the GM Defense ISV.

“The entire Ricardo team is proud to continue our work with GM Defense on the ISV contract, and to provide our infantry troops in harm’s way with this highly-capable, and much needed vehicle,” said Chet Gryczan, president of Ricardo Defense. “Being awarded the ISV program is a testament to Ricardo’s success in developing and delivering key integrated product logistics and life-cycle sustainment plans for our customers’ top priorities. The ISV will showcase the speed at which the Army can rapidly produce, field and sustain new equipment by leveraging a proven commercially available vehicle and the global supply chain infrastructure of General Motors, supported by Ricardo.”

GM Defense is driving the future of military mobility by leveraging the best-in-class capabilities of General Motors for unmatched innovation, proven performance and breakthrough life-cycle economics.  

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