DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To BAE Systems For Procurement of M88A2 Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift Vehicles
Source: DTN News - U.S. Department of Defense No. 263-13 April 23, 2013
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - April 24, 2013: BAE Systems Land and Armaments L.P., York, Pa., was awarded a $28,744,284 modification (No. PZ0042), to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (W56HZV-09-c-0408), to procure M88A2 heavy equipment recovery combat utility lift and evacuation system vehicles.
Work will be performed in York, with an estimated completion date of March 31, 2014. Fiscal 2012 procurement contract funds are being obligated on this award.
The Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity.
The M88A2 HERCULES (heavy equipment recovery combat utility lift and evacuation system) is a self-supportive armoured recovery vehicle used in battlefield rescue and recovery missions.
It is a variant of the M88 HERCULES, which was designed and manufactured by Bowen McLaughlin York (BMY).
BMY merged with FMC in 1964 to form United Defense Industries. In 2005, United Defense Industries was acquired by BAE Systems Land and Armaments. The M88A2 is now being manufactured by BAE Systems.
The M88A2 recovery vehicle meets the US Army's requirements for a well- equipped recovery vehicle, which safely performs towing, winching and recovery operations in war zones. The M88A2 vehicle can also winch inoperative heavyweight M1A1/2 Abrams tanks.
The vehicle is equipped to carry out repairs to other supported vehicles in the battlefield. The M88A2 armoured recovery vehicles were introduced into the US Army in 1997 and deployed in wars in the Gulf and Kosovo.
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