MRAC order for BAE Systems
BAE Systems has received $55.4m for 90 advanced tactical wheeled vehicles that will offer enhanced protection to US Marines and soldiers under the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle program.
has received $55.4m for 90 advanced tactical wheeled vehicles that will offer enhanced protection to US Marines and soldiers under the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) 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) contract originally awarded on January 26, when two 4x4 and two 6x6 vehicles were contracted for MRAP program testing. The US 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 requirements in all cases,’ said John Swift, MRAP Program Manager for BAE Systems at its Triangle, Virginia office.
Under this current IDIQ delivery order, BAE Systems will begin delivering vehicles in March and will deliver all vehicles over the next 120 days.
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