- Next Gen Tactical Vehicle (Next Gen) prototype combines GM's
Duramax Turbo-Diesel engine with its purpose-built battery
technology, resulting in a solution that offers exportable power,
Silent Watch, and Silent Drive capabilities.
- Next Gen can leverage existing JP8 infrastructure, while also
offering fuel demand reduction and reduced risk around contested
logistics.
- Next Gen demonstrates the immediate availability of advanced
technologies that are not currently a part of today's tactical
mobility fleet.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- GM Defense, a subsidiary of
General Motors (GM), will unveil its new "Next Gen" tactical
vehicle prototype at AUSA 2024, the annual meeting and exposition
of the Association of the U.S. Army, Oct.
14-16, 2024.
The vehicle will be on display at Booth #7809, Hall D, at the
Walter E. Washington Convention Center, in Washington, D.C.
Based on the Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD ZR2 truck, the rugged
and durable Next Gen combines GM's 2.8L Duramax® Turbo-Diesel
engine with a 12-module battery pack, in addition to drive motors
for the front and rear axles that enable Silent Drive and Silent
Watch, technologies that make the vehicles harder to detect.
The technologies enable stealthy ingress and egress through high
threat zones, with onboard power to support high-energy-demand
sensors, shooters, and Soldier kit. The vehicles offer active and
passive safety features, including roll-over protection, anti-lock
braking, electronic stability control, four- and five-point seat
belt harnesses, and 360-degree camera capabilities.
"Our Next Gen vehicle is a game-changing mobility solution that
delivers tactically significant capabilities by integrating GM's
proven commercial technologies," said Steve duMont, president of GM
Defense. "This rugged and highly capable diesel-powered vehicle
offers tactical advantages, such as Silent Operations, exportable
power, and increased range with extended mission duration. Our
warfighters deserve the latest technology that industry can offer
in order to gain and maintain competitive advantage over our
adversaries. Our Next Gen mobility solution can be customized and
fielded now."
Next Gen offers the following tactical advantages:
- Silent Drive and Silent Watch, enabling low acoustic and
thermal signatures;
- Exportable power capable of charging mission systems;
- Tactically significant range with extended mission
duration;
- Designed to be autonomy-ready with manned and unmanned options;
and
- Add-on armor capable.
In addition, Next Gen provides sustainment benefits,
including:
- Fuel demand reduction;
- The ability to use existing JP8 fuel infrastructure;
- Lower maintenance requirements from reduced parts and
subsystems in the overall propulsion system; and
- Reduced logistics tail for fuel, batteries, and vehicle
parts.
"Next Gen's 'wow' factor is right behind the wheel," said John
'JD' Johnson, vice president of GM Defense's Government Solutions
and Strategy Division. "Customers need to drive this highly capable
vehicle to see, feel, and hear the benefits. Next Gen fundamentally
changes the discussion around modern mobility through the tactical
benefits delivered by its propulsion system, including its ability
to address the power gap in the formation. This highly capable
tactical vehicle leverages billions of dollars of investments GM
has made in R&D and innovation to enhance warfighter
capability. We encourage customers to test drive it so that we can
get these capabilities fielded immediately."
Next Gen is offered in two-, four-, and six-seat configurations.
The vehicle will be optimized to support multi-mission
capabilities, including command and control, launched effects,
network extension, counter unmanned aerial systems anti-armor,
casualty evacuation, and other critical missions.
At AUSA 2024, GM Defense will also display its Stable Tactical
Expeditionary Electric Power solution, which delivers tactical
microgrid capabilities, and its Infantry Utility Vehicle, packaged
with a Silent Tactical Energy Enhanced Dismount and Squad Maneuver
Equipment Transport to represent an element of the U.S. Army's
Human-Machine Integration – Formation initiative. GM Defense will
also stage the U.S. Army's Infantry Squad Vehicle and additional
light tactical utility vehicles with mission kit throughout the
exhibit.
About GM Defense LLC
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vehicles, power and propulsion, and autonomy and connectivity
solutions to global defense, security and government markets. The
exceptional reliability of GM Defense's technologies results from
decades of proven performance and billions of dollars spent in
independent research and development by its parent, General Motors,
a world leader in global design, engineering and manufacturing
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