BAE Systems has secured contracts totalling $68m to produce 44 additional cold weather all-terrain vehicles (CATV) for the US Army.
This includes a $48m extension to the existing full-rate production contract from August 2022 and a $20m award for the fiscal year 2025.
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The CATV, a member of the BvS10 family, is an unarmoured variant of the Beowulf, chosen by the US Army in 2022 to replace the Bv206 for Arctic operations.
Built by BAE Systems Hägglunds in northern Sweden, the Beowulf platform is an amphibious dual-body vehicle which serves military applications, HADR (Humanitarian Aid Disaster Relief), fire fighting and rescue operations.
It can carry 14 passengers, and a payload of up to 8,000kg, at 65km/hour.
Beowulf was offered by the company in July 2020 for the Army’s CATV programme aimed at operating in harsh Arctic conditions.
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By GlobalDataIt successfully finished the prototype evaluation phase in Alaska in 2022.
The testing included amphibious operations, navigating complex terrain, starting and operating in extreme cold weather conditions, as well as user assessments by soldiers.
This ensures reliability, durability, and high system availability.
BAE Systems sustainment and international vice president Dean Medland said: “The CATV provides a dynamic combination of mobility and flexibility to the US Army enabling rapid response in all terrains.
“We are proud to support additional CATV production for the U.S. Army and are confident that the vehicle’s go-anywhere ability and modular design will meet their future needs, allowing them to carry out a range of missions from military operations to humanitarian assistance and disaster response.”
