After four months, winter testing with two prototypes for the US Army's Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle (CATV) in the cold expanses of Alaska has been successfully completed, the US Army has announced. The prototypes from BAE Systems and Oshkosh/St Engineering both proved suitable.
The US Army is looking for a successor to the Small Unit Support Vehicle (SUSV), which has been in use since the 1980s under the name BV206. ESuT has announced the start of the programreported. The vehicles are intended to be used in extremely low temperatures (down to -50°C) in deep snow for logistics, patrol, medical and command tasks. They are intended for national defense, support of civil authorities and for search and rescue services.
BAE Systems supplied a BVS10 Beowulf and Oshkosh/ST Engineering a Bronco 3 for testing. Both vehicles are buoyant and have a front and a rear car, each with two driven chains, which are connected and steered via an articulated joint.
The US Army plans to place a procurement order later this year. As far as is known, the US Army plans to procure 110 vehicles in five years. The volume for the first ten CATVs is estimated at around 16.5 million US dollars (14.8 million euros).
Under the same abbreviation CATV, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Sweden have started a joint program in Europe to procure a Collaborative All-Terrain Vehicle with similar requirements to those of the US Army. The Bundeswehr needs 140 vehicles with an estimated financial requirement of around 276 million euros. According to unconfirmed information, it is planned to conclude a procurement contract with a 25 million euro proposal in the second half of 2022 after the budget has been released.
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