The Army’s Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) was recently touted as a key component in delivering command and control, troop transport, mortar, medical evacuation, and medical treatment to the battlefield.
Under the Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT) formation, officials said the AMPV, produced by BAE Systems, accomplishes wide-ranging missions through a flexible, agile design, and by cost effectively leveraging existing technologies and commonality across other vehicle fleets within the formation.
“The AMPV is essential to the future of the Armored Brigade Combat Team,” Bill Sheehy, AMPV program director for BAE Systems, said. “Delivering all Engineering, Manufacturing and Development (EMD) vehicles to the Army is a proud moment for us – it means we’re another step closer to delivering the next generation of power, mobility and survivability to our Soldiers in our combat formations.”
Officials referenced the five variant AMPV is a modern, flexible vehicle designed to replace the Vietnam War-era M113 family of vehicles. It is a cost-effective solution leveraging proven designs from the Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle and the M109A7 Self-Propelled Howitzer.
BAE Systems was awarded a contract worth up to $1.2 billion from the Army in December 2014 for EMD and Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) phases of the AMPV program.
The initial award of $383 million under the EMD phase was for the development and production of vehicles across all of the variants: general purpose, mission command, mortar carrier, medical evacuation, and medical treatment.