BAE Systems Awarded $55.4 Million U.S. Marine Corps Delivery Order for 90 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles.SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- BAE Systems has received a $55.4 million delivery order for 90 advanced tactical wheeled vehicles that will offer enhanced protection to U.S. Marines under the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP MRAP Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (military vehicle) MRAP Mouvement contre le Racisme et Pour l'Amitié entre les Peuples (French antiracism movement) MRAP Melanocortin-2 Receptor Accessory Protein ) vehicle program. The 90 vehicles - 75 6x6 vehicles and 15 4x4 vehicles from the company's RG33 family of vehicles - have been ordered under an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ IDIQ Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (contracting/procurement) ) contract originally awarded Jan. 26, when two 4x4 and two 6x6 vehicles were contracted for MRAP program testing. The Government may place additional delivery orders for production of up to 4,100 MRAP vehicles. "BAE Systems has successfully completed its own blast testing of the RG33 vehicle design, and the results met or exceeded the MRAP survivability sur·viv·a·ble adj. 1. Capable of surviving: survivable organisms in a hostile environment. 2. That can be survived: a survivable, but very serious, illness. requirements in all cases," said John Swift, MRAP Program Manager for BAE Systems at its Triangle, Virginia office. "With 90 percent commonality between our 4x4 and 6x6 vehicles in the family, and our proven leadership in developing and fielding high performance mine-hardened and mine-protected vehicles, BAE Systems' RG33 family provides a highly survivable sur·viv·a·ble adj. 1. Capable of surviving: survivable organisms in a hostile environment. 2. That can be survived: a survivable, but very serious, illness. vehicle that Marines urgently need today," Swift added. "All along, our team has viewed survivability as job one." Under this current IDIQ delivery order, BAE Systems will begin delivering vehicles in March and will deliver all vehicles over the next 120 days. BAE Systems' RG 33 family leverages the best expertise from four decades of designing mine protected and mine hardened vehicles in South Africa, and the company's long history of providing high survivability combat vehicles in the U.S. The RG33 family of vehicles incorporates the latest designs in protecting against Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) small arms, heavy machine gun A heavy machine gun refers to either a larger-caliber, high-power machine gun or one of the smaller, medium-caliber (rifle caliber) machine guns meant for prolonged firing from heavy mounts, less mobile, or static positions (or some combination of the two). fire and mines. The RG33 incorporates a monocoque mon·o·coque n. A metal structure, such as an aircraft, in which the skin absorbs all or most of the stresses to which the body is subjected. V-shaped hull design leveraging knowledge gained in recent and ongoing conflicts, and offers significant interior volume for crew and mission equipment. The RG33 vehicle family is designed to address demanding requirements based on today's threats by delivering enhanced blast protection to the crew inside. The RG33 is available with base protection against medium machine gun A medium machine gun or MMG in modern terms, usually refers to a belt-fed, full-power rifle caliber (such as 7.62 mm rifle caliber) automatic weapon with some provision for more extended firing than lighter automatic firearms, often using an extra-heavy barrel, fins, or small arms fire and mine blast protection at a level equal to or exceeding any fielded mine protected vehicle Mine Protected Vehicle may refer to:
BAE Systems will deliver the mine protected RG33 vehicle in 4x4 and 6x6 versions to meet the urgent requirements of the Nation's armed forces. The company has multiple tactical wheeled vehicles in production now and skilled employees with mine hardened vehicle production expertise in low-cost, low-risk U.S. production facilities, leveraging BAE Systems' proven capability in rapidly producing and fielding highly survivable vehicles for armies around the world. BAE Systems used the latest design, modeling and simulation tools at its facilities in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. and in Benoni, South Africa to rapidly prototype and produce the first vehicle in the series, the 6x6 RG33L, unveiled last fall at the Association of the U.S. Army's Annual Meeting & Exhibition in Washington, D.C. The vehicle family is mission configurable for Infantry Carrier, Ambulance, Command and Control, Convoy Escort, Explosive Ordnance Disposal The detection, identification, on-site evaluation, rendering safe, recovery, and final disposal of unexploded explosive ordnance. It may also include explosive ordnance which has become hazardous by damage or deterioration. Also called EOD. and other roles and is recoverable by another RG33. The vehicle features on-board exportable power for C4I C4I Command, Control, Communications, Computers, & Intelligence (US DoD) C4I Command Control Communications Computer and Intelligence and other mission equipment. About BAE Systems BAE Systems is a global defense and aerospace company, delivering a full range of products and services for air, land, and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, information technology solutions, and customer support services. BAE Systems, with 88,000 employees worldwide, had 2005 sales that exceeded $22 billion, excluding the group's former interest in Airbus. |
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