Convoy lead, Tikrit(click to view full) Textron Marine and Land Systems' M1117 Guardian Armored Security Vehicle (ASV) provide better mine and ballistics protection than the Hummer, coupled with an armored turret that offers both mounts for advanced sensors, and...
Bulgaria Orders M1117 ASVs for Afghanistan
M1117 on base, Tikrit(click to view full) Add one more European nation to the bandwagon of emergency mine-resistant vehicle purchases. On Dec 7/07, Sofia News Agency reported that Bulgaria has just signed a deal with Textron Land Systems for armored vehicles. The...
USA Orders 369 More M1117 ASVs
Convoy lead, Tikrit(click to view full) Textron's M1117 Guardian Armored Security Vehicle (ASV) was recently removed from the MRAP program after the vehicle reportedly failed some of the tests at Aberdeen. The stretched M1117 ICV(Infantry Carrier Vehicle) was one of...
Textron’s M1117 Removed from MRAP Competition
M1117 on base, Tikrit(click to view full) Textron sees continued strong demand for its M1117 Armored Security Vehicle. Just not as part of the MRAP program. DID has covered the M1117, which remains popular with US Military Police in theater. Based on current and...
$28.4M more to Fix New Orleans M1117 Production Plant
Back in the saddle...(click to view full) Textron Marine & Land Systems in New Orleans, LA received a $28.4 million modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for Phase II of the Hurricane Katrina Relief Effort for the Armored Security Vehicle Program. This DID...
Troops in M1117s to Get Help from Knights
M1200 Armored Knight DRS Technologies, Inc. announced that it has received a $12 million order for Knight Precision Targeting Systems, mission equipment electronic units, cupolas and cables, and integration into more than 60 U.S. Army M1117 Guardian Armored Security...
$129.4M for more M1117 Guardian ASVs – from New Orleans Firm
M1117 Guardian ASV(click to enlarge) Textron Marine & Land Systems in New Orleans, LA was awarded on Aug. 31, 2005, a $129.4 million modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for M1117 "Guardian" Armored Security Vehicles, which are well regarded by military police...
$258.8M for M1117 Guardian ASVs
Textron’s M1117 Guardian ASV was discussed in a recent DID feature covering procurement issues for up-armored Vehicles headed to Iraq, and has apparently performed well and proven popular with Military Police in limited Iraq deployments….
JLTV: Oshkosh Wins, Lockheed Protests
Ultra APV demonstrator (click to view full) In an age of non-linear warfare, where front lines are nebulous at best and non-existent at worst, one of the biggest casualties is... the concept of unprotected rear echelon vehicles, designed with the idea that they'd...
JLTV: Oshkosh Wins, Lockheed Protests
Ultra APV demonstrator (click to view full) In an age of non-linear warfare, where front lines are nebulous at best and non-existent at worst, one of the biggest casualties is... the concept of unprotected rear echelon vehicles, designed with the idea that they'd...