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Army Moves Ahead With Program To Find A New Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, April 5th, 2021

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Army Moves Ahead With Program To Find A New Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle

Sgt. William Nagy with the 725th Brigade Support Battalion (Airborne), 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division demonstrates driving techniques in a small unit support vehicle (SUSV). Photo: U.S. Army

The Army is moving ahead on its effort to field the new Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle (CATV) after selecting two prototype offerings, including one from a team of Oshkosh Defense [OSK] and Singapore’s ST Engineering, with plans to award a production contract in the third quarter of fiscal year 2022. Tim Goddette, the Army’s program executive officer for combat support and combat service support, told Defense Daily the prototypes will be delivered by mid-June and will then go up to…

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