The Army has awarded Cummins Power Generation (CPG) a $491 million deal to continue providing Advanced Medium Mobile Power Source (AMMPS) generators to power battlefield systems, the Pentagon said Aug. 29.
Under the deal, CPG is tasked with delivering new AMMPS, built to be more fuel efficient and provide increased cost savings, needed to continue replacing the Army’s legacy Tactical Quiet Generators (TQG), built by Fidelity Technologies Corp.
“AMMPS generators provide reliable electric power to weapon systems, tactical operation centers, communications, intelligence and numerous other battlefield systems,” a CPG spokesperson told Defense Daily.
Work on the latest AMMPS deal is expected to be completed by August 2022.
CPG said the new AMMPS are designed to be 21 percent more fuel efficient, 35 percent quieter and 40 percent more reliable than TQGs, with the goal of saving $432 million and 30 million gallons in diesel fuel costs.
“This contract incorporates Cummins Advanced Digital Control system on all generator set models, which automatically starts and stops AMMPS generator sets based on load demand. This increases the amount of fuel savings the DoD realizes as well as improves system level reliability,” a CPG spokesperson told Defense Daily. “These benefits extend missions and reduces the logistics tail, because less fuel is used, this means fewer convoys, which means American military lives are saved.”
CPG was the only company to submit a bid for the work, according to the Department of Defense announcement.