GM Defense will develop a custom-built heavy Suburban and produce 10 over the next two years. GM Defense will begin delivering the vehicles next spring. A production contract to build a fleet of 200 heavy suburbs per year for nine years is expected to complete the development contract in May 2023. The value of this work has not been published. The team is therefore constantly involved in lobbying and marketing. GM and GM Defense have been participating in the annual U.S. Army Association, the nation`s premier military show, in the nation`s capital since 2016. That was a year before the LLC was formed on FUEL CELL development by GM, which made it work with the Department of Defense. This year it was a virtual show due to the pandemic. It could be another multi-billion dollar program over the life of this contract. The length of the contract is unknown, Ryder said, but the vehicle is expected to go into production in 2025.

The military wants 49,099 JLTVs, Ryder said. Oshkosh Defense, a tactical vehicle manufacturer, built the first 15,000, but there`s a contract to build the other 34,099, Ryder said, ”and that`s the part we`re looking at.” GM Defense LLC, a subsidiary of General Motors, announced Wednesday that it has received a $36.4 million contract from the State Department to develop the next generation of commercial vehicles with strong support for the department`s diplomatic security service. DSS is the federal law enforcement and security arm of the Department. General Motors announced on June 29 that its defense division, GM Defense LLC, had been approved by the United States. The Army Contracting Command, Detroit Arsenal, has been awarded a $214.3 million contract to build a new vehicle for the U.S. Army — an infantry squad vehicle, or ISV. The total production contract is $214.3 million for 649 units of the planned 2,065 vehicles that the Army intends to acquire. The winning contract is a starting point for GM Defense, allowing it to search for more contracts with more zeros behind. ”Our winning development contract is a testament to our long-standing legacy of exceeding transportation capacity, and our new HD Suburban will provide government-specific advanced mobility solutions to meet DSS requirements,” said Steve duMont, president of GM Defense. GM Defense is also considering applying for the contract for the U.S. Marine Corps Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicles.

That program is still in the technology demonstration phase and the Marine Corps plans to award a production contract in 2024, Ryder said. In December, Albritton told the Free Press that if the company wins the contract, it could lead to sales to other companies, including the Border Patrol, the Marine Corps and the Air Force. Neither Ford Motor Co. nor Fiat Chrysler Automobiles have a similar industry dedicated to the military. But both do general business with the government, including the military. The GM Defense Infantry Squad vehicle, a finalist for the U.S. Army in a $155 million contract if GM Defense wins. The vehicle was shot down at GM`s DEFENSE TEST GROUND in Yuma, Arizona A Subsidiary of General Motors has received a major order to provide the U.S.

Army with a mobile troop carrier based on the 2020 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 pickup. If so, GM will add billions to its revenue stream over the next few years. The annual budget of the Department of Defense is about $750 billion. Admittedly, much of this is already being mooted by other companies with contracts, but GM Defense believes it can get at least $20 billion in contracts with that money. That billion would go directly into GM`s earnings before interest and taxes, giving the automaker revenue diversification and additional funds for research into its electric and autonomous vehicle technologies that go beyond reliance on pickup truck and SUV sales. In 2019, GM Defense President David Albritton told the Detroit Free Press that the unit has big plans to work with the military, especially if it wins that contract. ”The [ISV] platform can be used for international sales to other military personnel, other government agencies such as the Border Patrol, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Special Forces,” as different variants ”would be a completely different contract.” Beyond the ISV, GM Defense is also working on lead tracking convoys with a manned vehicle at the head of a fleet of autonomous vehicles, hydrogen fuel cell engines for submarines, remote-controlled military robots ”and perhaps a militarized version of the all-electric Chevrolet Bolt car.” ”They`re starting to look at some of these larger contracts that would be exactly our ally, like the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle that`s in production with Oshkosh,” said Mark Dickens, GM`s chief defense engineer. ”It has just been set up for the re-competition in mid-June.”