DefenceTalkBAE Systems rolled out the first of 16 Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) 1.1 prototypes to the U.S. Marine Corps in a ceremony today at the company’s York, Pennsylvania facility. BAE Systems’ ACV 1.1 offering is a fully amphibious, ship-launchable and ship-recoverable 8×8 wheeled combat vehicle. “BAE Systems has a long-standing legacy of supporting the Marine […]https://www.defencetalk.com/bae-systems-rolls-out-first-amphibious-combat-vehicle-for-marine-corps-68661/

DefenceTalkIn a world first, tracked military vehicles are being upgraded with technology adapted from Formula One to improve handling and speed across the battlefield. Engineers at BAE Systems have applied the new upgrade ‘Active Damping’ system to current variants of the CV90 combat vehicle family; breaking speed records in rough terrain and increasing the CV90’s […]https://www.defencetalk.com/f1-technology-adapted-to-armoured-combat-vehicles-by-bae-64033/

DefenceTalkNATO partnership is strengthened as UK sells 123 surplus combat reconnaissance armored vehicles to Latvia. The highly-mobile UK vehicles have been sold to the Latvian Army in a package worth £39.4m, including their overhaul and refurbishment. The vehicles have previously been used in operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iraq and Afghanistan. The purchase of these […]https://www.defencetalk.com/latvian-army-purchases-uk-armoured-combat-vehicles-60521/

DefenceTalkIn order to protect Soldiers’ lives, military vehicles in combat must be capable of surviving severe hostile fires. When hit with large hostile fire weapons, internally stowed ammunition may react resulting in catastrophic loss of life and system. The U.S. Army Research Laboratory, or ARL, then the Ballistics Research Laboratory, or BRL, developed effective ammunition […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-developing-models-for-most-survivable-combat-vehicle-47370/