Infantry Squad Vehicle


The Infantry Squad Vehicle, is an air-transportable high-speed, light utility vehicle selected by the United States Army in 2020.

Background

In 2019, the U.S. Army awarded three ISV prototype contracts to the GM Defense/Ricardo plc consortium, the Oshkosh Defense/Flyer Defense LLC consortium and the Science Applications International Corporation /Polaris Inc. consortium.
The operational requirements of the ISV are 9 passengers, a payload of, transportable by external sling load by a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, internal load/external lift by CH-47 Chinook helicopter, low-velocity air drop by C-130 or C-17 transport aircraft and exceptional mobility over all terrains allowing Infantry Brigade Combat Teams to move with their equipment over difficult terrain.
The GM/Ricardo prototype was based on the Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 and uses 90% commercial off the shelf parts. The Oshkosh/Flyer prototype was based on the Flyer Ground Mobility Vehicle 1.1 and the SAIC/Polaris prototype was based on the Polaris DAGOR.
Prototype trials took place at Aberdeen Proving Ground in November/December 2019 followed by further trials at Fort Bragg in January 2020.
In June 2020 the U.S. Army awarded GM/Ricardo a $214m contract to build 649 ISVs. The total Army requirement is 2,065 ISVs. The first delivery is to be made to the 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division.