TWV Protection Kits
Abstract
This program element supports periodic, evolutionary upgrade of survivability and crew protection for Heavy Tactical Vehicles (HTV) as described in the Tactical Wheeled Vehicle (TWV) Strategy and individual variants' Capability Production Documents. The upgrades will leverage the Army Technology Objective's (ATO) survivability and Army Research Laboratory's (ARL) research and development activities to develop and evaluate kits which increase the protection level of all HTVs to the MRAP protection level as well as anticipating changing threat environments, protection gaps, or improving the operating performance, efficiency, and reliability through armor weight reduction. This Program Element (PE) also supports increasing crew protection by leveraging advancements in autonomous ground vehicle technology via development and evaluation of autonomous applique kits that can be applied to the current and future HTV fleet. The Heavy Dump Truck (HDT) supports construction projects by loading, transporting and dumping payloads of sand and gravel aggregates, crushed rock, hot asphalt mixes, earth, clay, rubble, large boulders and other materials up to gross vehicle weight rating to job sites under world-wide climatic conditions. The HDT also serves as a quarry truck for the quick transport of bulk raw earth material to and from the crushing, screening and washing plant and the asphalt mixing plant. The HDT also serves as a transportation asset for organizational equipment. The HDT is Long Term Armor Strategy (LTAS) compliant with armored protection and includes a material control system coupled with the heated bed and Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) electrical architecture. The M915A5 tractor truck manufactured by Daimler Trucks North America LLC is a prime mover of flatbed and tanker semi-trailers used primarily to transport containers, bulk cargo and petroleum products over primary and secondary roads and trails under worldwide climatic conditions. It has a diesel engine, automatic transmission, anti-lock brakes, air conditioning, and a fully sliding 36 inch fifth wheel. It has a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) of 66,000 lbs and is compatible with the following trailers: M872 (34-ton flatbed trailer), M871 (22-1/2 ton flatbed trailer), M127 (12-ton stake trailer), M967/969 (5000-gallon trailer), M1062 (7500-gallon trailer), M1062A1 (9200-gallon trailer), MILVAN, and commercial trailers. The M915A5 has two configurations, a base armor-ready A-Cab and an up-armored B-Kit. M915A5 underbody Protection Kits are required to protect the line haul fleet from current and future threats and add protection to the B-kit configuration. FY 2017 base funding in the amount of $4.524 million will be used to support the solicitation preparation and rewriting of the Automotive Tank Purchase Description (ATPD) for the HDT. Funding will also be used to develop and test an MRAP-level armor underbody solution for the M915A5 fleet. Testing will include automotive and ballistic testing to achieve Full Materiel Release (FMR) for the armor kit.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2017
- Source ID
- VR5_0604622A_5_2040_PB_2017
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