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The company’s Global Tactical Systems (GTS) line of business submitted the GTS M-ATV prototype. GTS M-ATV incorporates the many lessons learned from development of the prototype Caiman Light MRAP and the rapid development and manufacturing of nearly 3,000 Caiman MRAPs from 2007 to 2008.

“Our M-ATV provides urgent life-saving technology, multi-mission effectiveness, and operational agility not currently available to the Army,” said Regis Luther, Vice President of Light Tactical Vehicles. “We combined the industry’s best in combat vehicle survivability and mine blast resistant platforms to develop our M-ATV.”

The GTS M-ATV balances the priority for crew protection and tactical mobility requirements against the rapid transition to high-rate production, vehicle delivery, and life-cycle sustainment requirements.

“We integrate modular EFP and RPG protection systems into a highly survivable M-ATV baseline chassis,” Luther said. “Our combat-proven RPG protection is the system of choice for lightweight RPG protection for blast resistant vehicles currently in theater.”

BAE Systems has a proven record of rapid production ramp-up and delivery of critical tactical vehicles. In 2006, it designed and tested the Caiman MRAP in an unprecedented contract to delivery time of 43 days. In 22 months of production, 2,868 Caimans were built. Caiman is one of the U.S. Army’s most successful MRAPs in Iraq and boasts unmatched dependability, survivability and a 94 percent operational readiness rate.

GTS MAT-V, and its Caiman predecessor, come from a long line of battle-tested, combat-proven tactical vehicles in the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicle (FMTV) line. This arrangement allows the GTS MAT-V to share a full 90 percent of its automotive systems with the FMTV. The GTS M-ATV and FMTV also use the common armor systems, power generation systems, seats, windows, and fire suppression systems, which greatly reducing logistics requirements Army-wide.

The company’s GTS business is a recognized leader in tactical vehicle production offering a wide range of heavy, medium and light tactical vehicle solutions to customers worldwide. GTS has pioneered many of the primary systems used by militaries and security forces around the world. The GTS product line includes multi-purpose military tactical vehicles, such as the U.S. Army’s Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles, armored fighting vehicles, mine protected vehicles (Caiman and RG31 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected), light armored vehicles, and police and security vehicles.

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