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ULCV meaning in General ?

Answer» What is Ultra Light Combat Vehicle mean?

The U.S. Army Ground Mobility Vehicle (A-GMV or AGMV), previously just GMV, and formerly called the Ultra Light Combat Vehicle (ULCV), is a U.S. Army proposed airdroppable light off-road vehicle to improve the mobility of light infantry brigades. In March 2015, the Army changed the name of the ULCV to the Ground Mobility Vehicle. GMV is intended to be carried internally in a CH-47 Chinook or externally by a UH-60 Black Hawk. In order to be survivable but transportable, the GMV would be lightly armored and use speed, maneuverability, and off-road mobility to avoid major threats.

General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GD-OTS) was awarded a $33.8 million contract on 22 May 2018, by the U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., for the production of Army Ground Mobility Vehicles (now called A-GMV or AGMV) and associated kits. The General Dynamics M1297 A-GMV 1.1 must not be confused with the prior M1288 GMV 1.1 vehicle, produced for (US)SOCOM, on which it is based, and with which it shares some 90 percent parts commonality.
GD-OTS delivered the first Army-Ground Mobility Vehicles (A-GMV 1.1) to the US Army, marking the First Unit Equipped (FUE), delivered within four months of contract award and consisted of vehicles, spares and training. Estimated completion of the contract is March 2019.

The A-GMV 1.1 is configured to carry an airborne infantry combat squad of nine paratroopers, and their gear – a payload capacity of over 5,000 pounds (2,300 kg). The vehicle has an open design, modifiable into flexible configurations, by remote and manned turrets, armor, or arctic kits. The A-GMV 1.1 can be airlifted by current Army inventory helicopters.

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