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Pickups
U.S. Army’s new Infantry Squad Vehicle is a militarized, diesel-burning Chevy Colorado ZR2
Uncle Sam likes diesel. At least that’s the case with the U.S. Army’s latest troop carrier which is based off the midsize Chevy Colorado ZR2 pickup. The U.S. Army Contracting Command–Detroit Arsenal announced this week that GM Defense LLC, a subsidiary of General Motors, has been awarded the production contract to build, field and sustain […]
July 2, 2020
Trucks
JCB to double production of high-speed Army backhoes with $73M contract extension
JCB and DOD have announced plans to extend their partnership. See how JCB plans to increase production for the U.S. Department of Defense on Equipment World.
September 27, 2018
Roadbuilding
Md. bridge named for Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) and Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) representatives joined elected officials and American Legion representatives to dedicate the Route 22 bridge over Interstate 95 in Aberdeen as the Alfred B. Hilton Memorial Bridge in honor of Civil War veteran Sgt. Alfred B. Hilton, the only native born Medal of Honor recipient in […]
November 15, 2017
Construction Equipment
U.S. Army to test run a convoy of autonomous trucks on Michigan highway
While the focus in autonomous truck development is often on private companies, the U.S. Army has also remained diligent in pursuing self-driving tech. The U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) has been successful for the past year testing communications systems during truck platooning runs on Interstate 69 in St. Clair and […]
June 7, 2017
Trucks
U.S. Army places $142 million order for JCB’s new rough terrain forklifts
The U.S. Army is responsible for the largest order in JCB’s history, and to start 2017, it has placed another historic order with the U.K.-based heavy equipment maker. The Army has ordered 1,600 light-capabilty rough terrain forklifts from JCB to be deployed for loading and unloading aircraft and shipping containers around the world. The $142 million […]
February 10, 2017
Trucks
U.S. Spec Ops just found its new battle truck: the Ford Ranger
Uncle Sam isn’t waiting. While civilians in the U.S. wait for a return of the Ford Ranger—presumably for model year 2018—U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is instead opting for a global version of the truck that will be prepped for battle by Battelle, the world’s largest non-profit research and development group. RELATED >> Ford Ranger […]
August 18, 2016
Roadbuilding
U.S. Army to test driverless, connected vehicle tech on I-69 in Michigan
A convoy of U.S. Army vehicles will be cruising Michigan’s Interstate 69 in late June to test technology being developed for driverless and connected vehicles, The Times Herald reports. The convoy will test vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure radio communications, which is the type of computerized communication that would be used in an autonomous vehicle. “This is the first time […]
May 31, 2016
Business
JCB at work on 3 more military projects following success of HMEE high-speed, armored backhoe
Ten years into a successful run of manufacturing a high-speed, armored backhoe for the U.S. Army, the machine’s impact is still being felt at JCB, and especially at the company’s North American headquarters in Savannah, Georgia. In a recent report from the Savannah Morning News, JCB detailed how it won its initial $206 million contract—the […]
July 22, 2015
Construction Equipment
PHOTOS: Inside and out JCB’s half truck, half backhoe HMEE Army machine, hot off the assembly line
No. 1 Story in 2015 « No. 2 No. 15 »  [imagebrowser id=228] The typical jobsite has little need for a backhoe with a top-speed of 60 miles per hour. But the battlefields soldiers in the U.S. Army work day-in and day-out aren’t the typical jobsite. In addition to the run-of-the-mill digging jobs, soliders need […]
April 9, 2015
Gear
GEAR: U.S. Army buys Battelle’s bulletproof pickups
The U.S. Army deploys a lot of ground-based vehicles. If you don’t believe us, just take a look at this list. Unsurprisingly, a lot of those are trucks. The Army has a lot of supplies and people to move around and less-than-hospitable conditions to do so in. Most of the Army’s trucks are big, hulking […]
May 29, 2013
Business
$2.3 billion of 2014 Army budget goes to construction
Army officials recently took time to discuss their military branch’s $129.7 billion portion of the federal budget for the 2014 fiscal year, beginning October 1st. It should come to no surprise that the vast majority of that money, 44 percent or $56.6 billion, will go to military personnel. But about $2.3 billion is marked for “military construction, […]
April 15, 2013
Recruiting & retention
Army, community college team up for innovative career recruiting
Recruiting isn’t easy these days, so it’s always nice to see an event that takes hold and becomes successful, such as the STEM event held this week in Michigan. A joint project between the United States Army’s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center and Macomb Community College, the sixth annual Robotics, Engineering and Technology […]
December 5, 2012
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