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BAE Systems Planning To Design Hybrid-Electric AMPV

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, April 10th, 2023

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BAE Systems Planning To Design Hybrid-Electric AMPV

BAE Systems delivered the first AMPV to the Army on August 31, 2020. Photo: BAE Systems.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — After providing two hybrid-electric Bradley vehicles for Army testing, BAE Systems has said it’s now planning to design a similar system for its Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV). “The [Bradley hybrid-electric vehicle] approach we’ve taken is scalable. We’re moving it to AMPV. So we have an [AMPV hybrid-electric vehicle] program that we’re starting to design right now, which is moving this to AMPV. And [we’re] talking to the Army about when and if we do that next. So…

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