BAE Systems has been engaged by the US Army to deliver two evaluation prototype arctic field vehicles. Called Beowulf, the amphibious all-terrain vehicle is designed for moving soldiers and supplies to remote areas under the harshest conditions.
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One wears the name of an old hero of the Geats, the other a moniker people most often associate with a Blue Oval off-roader. Both are tracked machines designed to tackle the harshest of terrains and may become the U.S. Army’s next Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle (CATV). 5 photos
The military branch is currently on the lookout for machines that can replace the present-day Small Unit Support Vehicles (SUSVs) used in cold-weather regions. At the beginning of April, the National Advanced Mobility Consortium (NAMC) announced it selected two possible machines for this program.
The first comes from Oshkosh Defense and is based on partner ST Engineering’s Bronco. The second is BAE Systems’ Beowulf.
U.S. Army Asks BAE Systems to Deliver Beowulf Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle Prototype for Evaluation Our Bureau 364
Beowulf Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle
The U.S. Army has selected BAE Systems to deliver two prototype vehicles for evaluation as a potential solution for the Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle (CATV) program.
Beowulf is an unarmored, tracked vehicle for carrying personnel and payloads in either of its two compartments. It has a modular design and can be reconfigured for multiple missions, such as logistical support, disaster and humanitarian relief, search and rescue, and other missions as required.
Beowulf is based on the BvS10, which has already been produced, to include recent on time deliveries to Austria. Multiple variants of the vehicle are already operating in five countries, first going into service with the U.K. Royal Marines in 2005.
BAE, Oshkosh to build prototype cold-weather vehicles for U.S. Army
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The Bronco 3 by Oshkosh Defense and ST Engineering will compete with a vehicle by BAE Systems to be the U.S. Army s next cold-weather all-terrain vehicle, the companies announced this month. Photo courtesy of ST Engineering
The BAE Systems Beowulf will compete with a vehicle of Oshkosh Defense and ST Engineering in building the U.S. Army s next cold-weather all-terrain vehicle. Photo courtesy of BAE Systems
April 14 (UPI) Oshkosh Defense and BAE Systems were chosen to deliver prototypes of the U.S. Army s next Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle, the companies announced on Wednesday.
ST Engineering Bronco to Morph into New Army Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle 11 Apr 2021, 10:47 UTC ·
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Believe it or not, Ford is not the only company using the name Bronco for one of the vehicles it makes. An engineering company by the name ST has an entire family of them too, also off-road oriented, but a family that targets entirely different needs altogether. 5 photos
The ST Bronco is a tracked machine designed for all-terrain use. It has been around since 2001, and presently comes in about 40 variants that can be deployed for anything from combat to patrolling dangerous areas.
Coincidently, the U.S. Army is presently on the lookout for such a machine, one it could deploy in cold, snow and ice-covered regions and replace the current Small Unit Support Vehicles (SUSVs). It even cooked up a program for the development of such a machine, one it calls Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle (CATV), and last week one of the entries was announced: the Bronco.