General Dynamics Land Systems is set to provide enhanced armor protection to the US Army’s Stryker armored fighting vehicle.
The company will perform a functional review of the technology on a Stryker platform over the next six months, using DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) provided armor designs, integration schemes, and durability test data.
It is part of GVSC’s Stryker Enhanced Armor (SEA) program, which was conceived to provide increased protection for the platform’s future armor kits.
Enhanced Protection
The program includes “enhanced force protection and protection against active protection system engagement residuals,” GVSC deputy associate director for Survivability and Protection Josh Peterson said.
In fiscal 2023, the SEA program was transitioned from GVSC to Product Manager Vehicle Protection Systems (VPS), which transitions technology from science to the warfighter.
In the next fiscal year, the program was transferred to the Project Manager Stryker Brigade Combat Team, which in turn awarded General Dynamics Land Systems a work directive contract to start incorporating the enhanced armor onto future Stryker platforms.
“It’s great to see program alignment from S&T (science and technology) efforts to the acquisition community and eventually to the soldier at the tip of the spear,” VPS Product Manager Brad Monhaut added.
“This synchronization is key to delivering modern capabilities quickly and effectively to our warfighters.”
