GDLS announced on 26 June that it had been awarded a $712.3 million order by the US Army for 300 Stryker DVH (Double Vee Hull) A1 vehicles.
This latest order falls under a five-year contract signed in 2020 that includes an option for a sixth year.
'The Stryker A1 features a 450hp engine, 60,000lb suspension, 910-amp alternator and in-vehicle digital network while continuing to provide unprecedented soldier survivability," said Gordon Stein, VP of US operations at GDLS.
In June 2018, it was first announced that the US Army had awarded GDLS a $258 million contract modification to upgrade 116 Stryker flat-bottom vehicles to A1 configuration.
The Stryker A1 builds upon the DVH configuration, providing improved survivability against mines and IEDs.
According to the US Army's FY2022 budget request, Stryker DVH A1s are produced through manufacturing entirely new vehicles and by exchanging components and mission equipment from older flat-bottomed Strykers onto newly fabricated DVHs.
I don't get it. The Stryker is outdated yet the Army continues to buy it. So many better offerings on the market even from GDLS that they could buy yet they stick to the Stryker like its their first love.
It does bring up another issue though.
If the Army sent the Ukrainians A1 Strykers without the DVH then that's almost criminal. Is that why we're seeing so many MRAPs being used as straight up IFVs instead of simple troop transports?
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