Defense News: Rafael continues to upgrade U.S. Army Stryker ICVs with 30mm medium caliber weapon system

 

Rafael continues to upgrade U.S. Army Stryker ICVs with 30mm medium caliber weapon system

The company received an order, together with its partners Oshkosh Defense and Pratt Miller, to install 30 mm Medium Caliber Weapon System (MCWS) onto 95 additional Stryker ICVs, worth $130 million

By Eyal Boguslavsky, Israel Defense, 07/18/22

https://www.israeldefense.co.il/en/node/55211

 

Stryker Double-V Hull Infantry Carrier Vehicles (ICVVA1) with the 30 mm Medium Caliber Weapon System (MCWS).Photo : US Army

The U.S. Army Contracting Command announced that it has awarded Oshkosh Defense, together with its partners Pratt Miller Defense and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, an order valued at $130 Million to upgrade 95 additional Stryker Double-V Hull Infantry Carrier Vehicles (ICVVA1) with the 30 mm Medium Caliber Weapon System (MCWS).

In June 2021, the U.S. Army selected Oshkosh Defense and partners Pratt Miller Defense and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems to integrate the 30 mm MCWS onto the Stryker Double V Hull Infantry Carrier Vehicle (ICVVA1).  The six-year requirements contract is for the production and fielding of the Oshkosh Defense MCWS for up to six Stryker brigades. The first delivery order covered 91 vehicles valued at $130 million. The second award (August 2021) called for an additional 83 vehicles valued at $99 million.

GDLS - Stryker A1 8X8 30mm Medium Caliber Weapon System (MCWS) Vehicle

According Oshkosh Defense, including the last order, the U.S. Army has ordered 269 upgraded vehicles valued at $356 Million to outfit three SBCTs in addition to 20 vehicles for Product Verification Testing (PVT), Follow-on Operational Testing & Evaluation (FOT&E), and logistics development.

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