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GM Defense Tackling Battlefield Power for Marines Through DIU Effort. MSG Turret and Machine Gun Mounts on Vehicle in Background.

Military Systems Group News Highlights. Return to Main Site Here GM Defense tackling battlefield power for Marines through DIU effort GM Defense wants to pave the way for the U.S. Marine Corps to feel comfortable fielding an all-electric vehicle down the road. The company, a subsidiary of General Motors, is leveraging battery technology investments from …

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Army’s Infantry Squad Vehicle undergoes tests at Yuma Proving Ground

Army’s Infantry Squad Vehicle undergoes tests at Arizona’s Yuma Proving Ground YUMA, Ariz. – A new vehicle that the U.S. Army is acquiring to provide infantry soldiers with battlefield mobility is being tested in the Yuma Proving Ground’s harsh desert terrain in southwestern Arizona. Largely based on a midsize Chevrolet pickup, the Infantry Squad Vehicle …

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GM Defense Awarded Army's Infantry Squad Vehicle

GM Wins Army Contract To Build Colorado-Based Troop Carriers 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). Infantry Squad Vehicle to ‘motorize’ IBCTs DETROIT ARSENAL, …

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Hello Detroit, the U.S. Army Wants You

Hello Detroit, the U.S. Army Wants You As the coronavirus crisis shuts down the automotive industry, automakers and suppliers are deeply concerned about a severe economic downturn. They’re laying off employees, mandating pay cuts, eliminating dividends and doing everything they can to slash costs. Yet, even though the outlook is bad, there is one area …

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GM Defense adds Ricardo Defense to Infantry Squad Vehicle team

GM Defense adds Ricardo Defense to Infantry Squad Vehicle team GM Defense announced yesterday it has teamed with Ricardo Defense on the Infantry Squad Vehicle for the Army. The ISV is intended for use by a nine-soldier infantry squad moving within “the close battle area” and is expected to be lightweight and air-transportable. Military Systems …

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The US is Preparing for a Land War Against Both Russia and China

The U.S. Is Preparing For a Land War Against both Russia and China Key Point: The U.S. Army is developing technology that’ll give it the ability to fight Douglas MacArthur’s feared land war in Asia. (Washington, D.C.) If a large mechanized unit of armored ground forces were “closing” with an enemy amid heavy artillery and …

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Chevrolet Colorado-Based ISV Has Four Helicopter Hook-ups

Chevrolet Colorado-Based ISV Has Four Helicopter Hook-ups We can’t get enough of the Chevrolet Colorado-based Infantry Squad Vehicle, or ISV. Developed via a $1-million contract by GM Defense for the U.S. Army, the ISV is designed to drop in at a safe location away from combat, then transport a nine-soldier squad (plus their gear) to …

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GM Defense Expanding Portfolio Beyond Vehicles

GM Defense Expanding Portfolio Beyond Vehicles GM Defense Infantry Squad Vehicle concept Photo: GM Defense General Motors’ defense business – which was resurrected two years ago after the auto giant sold its defense division to General Dynamics in 2003 – is positioning itself as a technology company rather than just a vehicle manufacturer as it …

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The GM ISV Is A Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 Bison From The Waist Down

The GM ISV Is A Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 Bison From The Waist Down As much as 70 percent of the General Motors ISV ( Infantry Squad Vehicle) incorporates commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) components from the Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 Bison. According to the executive chief engineer at GM Defense, Performance Variants and Motorsports, Mark Dickens, the ISV is …

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