General Motors has announced that its GM Defense subsidiary has been awarded a CAD$35.8 million contract by the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) for 90 light tactical vehicles (LTVs).
With an option to secure an additional 18 LTVs, GM Defense will also deliver training, technical manuals and additional vehicle content sourced from Canadian companies.
“We are providing this critical capability to the Canadian Armed Forces within a timeline that meets their urgent operational requirement,” GM Defense President Steve duMont noted in a prepared statement. “We see this contract award as the beginning of a long strategic partnership with the Canadian Armed Forces to provide enhanced tactical mobility for Soldiers today, and into the future. As we further expand into Canada and with other allied nations around the world, we will continue to leverage the vast resources of General Motors to ensure our global defense and government customers have the best capability to accomplish their mission.”
Through the contract, GM Defense Canada is delivering both nine-passenger LTVs and an all-new version of the LTV built upon the variants currently fielded with the U.S. Army. As such, GM Defense Canada’s LTVs will support the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence Multinational Battlegroup in Latvia, where the purpose-built military vehicles will allow soldiers to move with greater speed, range and safety across complex terrain.
“General Motors’ support of the Canadian Armed Forces with this contract is a prime example of the meaningful contributions GM makes in Canada,” GM Canada President and Managing Director Kristian Aquilina remarked. “Whether it’s the supply of light tactical vehicles through GM Defense Canada, or the contributions of our Canadian Technical Centre in supporting the development of those vehicles, we are pleased GM can also make an impact in the defense space.”
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It doesn’t look like a nearly $400,000 vehicle
Canadian Forces needed a vehicle like this 15 years ago. It going to Latvia first is incredible. This should be incorporated at home first IoT SOPs and TPs and then deploy with it. CAF will look like s bunch of goofballs in Latvia figuring out how to manoeuvre with it and employ it effectively and tactically. But alas, it’s the only way the CAF can get any equipment due to companies in Canada holding CAF hostage with its own procurement laws. Why we still use helmets designed from the 1980’s.