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BAE’s tank stems from a design conceived for the Army’s Armored Gun System (AGS), an air transportable light tank to replace the M551 Sheridan.Developed by one of BAE's corporate ancestors ...
BAE Systems, responding to the US Army's call for a new light tank, has brought back a vehicle that was scheduled to go into service in the 1990s. The M8 Armored Gun System is meant to provide a ...
A two decade-old light tank design is being displayed by BAE Systems at the AUSA exhibition that it says could meet the US Army’s future mobile protected firepower (MPF) requirement. Going against the ...
The US Army has selected two defense firms to build light tank prototypes for the service's Mobile Protected Firepower program. General Dynamics Land Systems Inc. and BAE Systems will each produce ...
The U.S. Army will evaluate light tanks built by General Dynamics and BAE Systems as it moves ahead with plans to field some 500 of the armored vehicles.
The tracked tank sports a 105-millimeter cannon, carries a three-man crew, and weighs 35,000 pounds. With additional armor, its weight can pass 50,000 pounds. It can speed along at 45 miles per hour.
Two companies are competing to build the Army’s new light tank for Infantry Brigade Combat Teams and, ... BAE Systems will bring an M8 Buford Armored Gun System with new capabilities and components.
BAE Systems Hägglunds has presented a new version of the CV90120 light tank during the LAAD 2025 defense expo in Brazil. The vehicle has undergone a complete modernization of its electronic ...
The final MPF light tank will ... -and-true M1 Abrams turret design with a chassis that’s based on designs developed for the company’s AJAX family of light armored vehicles. In 2019, BAE ...
Two competing light tank prototypes are moving into a U.S. Army limited user test, ... BAE Systems’ design is an updated M8 Buford armored gun system with new capabilities and components.
A two decade-old light tank design is being displayed by BAE Systems at the AUSA exhibition that it says could meet the US Army’s future mobile protected firepower (MPF) requirement. Going against the ...