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☆ How the US Army botched a $1 billion upgrade of the Stryker armored vehicle's gun
  + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
Fearing that its Stryker armored vehicles were outgunned by Russian and Chinese designs, the US Army had an idea for a quick fix: Develop an unmanned Stryker turret with a 30-mm autocannon. The Army obliged in 2018 with the Infantry Carrier Vehicle-Dragoon, which added a remote-controlled 30-mm gun turret — manufactured by Norwegian firm Kongsberg — to 91 flat-bottom-hull versions of the Strykers. This would be enough to upgrade Strykers in three brigades of 83 vehicles each, plus an additional 20 for testing. Instead of a Kongsberg MCT-30 turret, the vehicles would receive a Samson turret made by Israeli firm Rafael. A big red flag should have been the glitches in the turret software that degraded the 30-mm cannon's accuracy.
Persons: Germany —, Rafael, Stryker, Kevin Payne, Mona Sehgal, Sehgal, Michael Peck Organizations: Service, Stryker, US Army, Business, Army, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, General Dynamics Land Systems, VN, Infantry Carrier Vehicle, Dynamics, The Army, Systems, Oshkosh Systems, Northrop, Hull, GAO, Oshkosh, Department of Defense, Defense, Foreign Policy, Rutgers Univ, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: Europe, Asia, Germany, Russia, Norwegian, Kongsberg, Oshkosh, Forbes
☆ General Dynamics, Rheinmetall to compete for potential $45 bln US Army vehicle contract
  + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
[1/3] U.S. servicemen drive Bradley infantry fighting vehicles during the joint U.S.-Georgian exercise Noble Partner 2015 at the Vaziani training area outside Tbilisi, Georgia, May 21, 2015. REUTERS/David MdzinarishviliWASHINGTON, June 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. Army said on Monday it had selected General Dynamics (GD.N) and American Rheinmetall (RHMG.DE) to compete to replace the Bradley fighting vehicle, in a deal that could be worth more than $45 billion to the winner. A single competition winner will be given a production contract in 2027, Army officials said, with fielding of the first vehicles in 2029. Ultimately, some of the functions of the vehicle would be autonomous, Army officials said. The Army has struggled to replace the Bradley over a number of years, with a previous attempt abandoned.
Persons: David Mdzinarishvili WASHINGTON, Bradley, Mike Stone, Chris Sanders, Jamie Freed Organizations: Bradley, REUTERS, U.S . Army, Dynamics, Rheinmetall, Army, Point Blank Enterprises, Oshkosh Defense, BAE Systems Land, Armaments, Thomson Locations: Tbilisi , Georgia
☆ USPS mail trucks are going all-electric, report says
  + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Alexa St. John | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The Washington Post reported the agency has a plan to go almost entirely zero-emissions by 2026. The USPS will spend nearly $10 billion to buy 66,000 electric vehicles and the infrastructure needed to keep them running, The Washington Post reported Tuesday morning. The USPS' fleet replacement plan has been contentious as President Biden has placed pressure on government agencies to go entirely zero-emissions by 2035. Meanwhile, as The Post reported, this may also increase pressure on the USPS' competitors to expedite their own EV transitions. FedEx is planning an entirely electric fleet and a carbon-neutral business by 2040.
☆ U.S. states urge postal service to halt gas vehicle purchases
  + stars: | 2022-08-15 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Postal Service (USPS) to halt planned purchases of gasoline-powered delivery vehicles pending a new environmental review, in a statement on Monday that encouraged the purchase of electric vehicles (EVs). USPS announced plans last month to buy at least 25,000 electric delivery vehicles - more than twice its prior estimate - to replace its aging fleet. USPS declined immediate comment. Postmaster Louis DeJoy last month declined to say how much the first 25,000 EVs would cost. USPS declined to say on Monday how they might spend the $3 billion.
☆ U.S. Postal Service to boost electric delivery vehicle purchases
  + stars: | 2022-07-20 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Postal Service (USPS) said Wednesday it plans to buy at least 25,000 electric delivery vehicles - more than twice its prior estimate - as it works to replace an aging fleet. USPS told Reuters it is proposing to purchase at least 25,000 EVs out of its initial order of 50,000 next-generation delivery vehicles from Oshkosh Defense (OSK.N). That's up from USPS' prior plan to buy at least 10,019 EVs, or about 20% of the first order. USPS also plans to buy more than 34,500 commercial off-the-shelf delivery vehicles over two years. Last month, the company told Reuters it expected to raise the number of EVs as it supplemented its environmental impact statement (EIS).
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