FMTV

BAE Systems’ Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) has set new worldwide tactical vehicle standards for capability, reliability, mobility, and transportability, and continues to boast the highest percent availability of any vehicle in the U.S. Army tactical vehicle fleet. Since the start of the program in 1988, BAE Systems has manufactured more than 36,000 FMTV vehicles for military forces and government contractors.

As the exclusive provider of the FMTV to the U.S. Army, BAE Systems offers more than 16 truck variants on two basic platforms – the 2.5-ton 4 x 4 Light Medium Tactical Vehicle (LMTV) and the 5- to 10-ton 6 x 6 Medium Tactical Vehicle (MTV). The FMTV vehicle models include troop carriers, cargo carriers, vans, dump trucks, recovery vehicles, tractors, specialty vehicles, and more, as well as three trailer models, making it a highly versatile tactical vehicle family. With about 85 percent parts commonality across the FMTV family, BAE Systems has increased readiness while decreasing costs.
The versatility of the FMTV platform has fueled the development of new variants, such as Hybrid Electric Drives, 9-ton Load Handling Systems, HIMARS, 10-ton dump, the FMTV 8 x 8 Flex-Frame, and the Height Reducible Electronic Enclosure (HREE).

In 2003, BAE Systems designed the Low Signature Armored Cab (LSAC), which offers crew protection from assault rifle rounds, land mines, and artillery fragments. The LSAC cab was designed as a drop-in replacement for the standard FMTV cab, which does not offer ballistic protection, and can be installed in a remove and replace operation by two people at approximately four hours each. Over 2,000 of these LSAC cabs are presently in operation with the U.S. Army.