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GM Defense Tapped To Deliver Prototypes For Army’s Infantry Squad Vehicle Program

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, August 27th, 2019

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GM Defense Tapped To Deliver Prototypes For Army’s Infantry Squad Vehicle Program

GM Defense Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV) Concept

General Motors [GM] Defense said Tuesday it has received $1 million to join Oshkosh [OSK] and SAIC [SAIC] in the Army’s Infantry Squad Vehicle prototype program to find a new lightweight air-droppable platform. GM will deliver two test vehicles to the Army this fall, with its ISV offering based off the ZR2 variants of the company’s Chevrolet Colorado midsize truck. “Our ISV entry is a fully-integrated platform that leverages decades of GM’s engineering, manufacturing and quality expertise at scale to…

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