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FMTV Models Include

2.5-ton standard cargo • 2.5-ton van • 5-ton standard cargo • 5-ton long cargo with material handling equipment • 5-ton wrecker • 5-ton tractor • 5-ton expansible van • 10-ton dump

BAE SYSTEMS FMTV FACTS:

Production

  • First prototype designed and built in 1988.
  • More than 56,000 FMTVs and trailers have been delivered to the U.S. Army with 29 variants produced to date.
  • 2,868 Caiman Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAP), an FMTV variant, have been delivered to the Army and have sustained an average operational readiness rate of 94 percent.
  • The Army awarded BAE Systems $3.7 billion in contracts in 2008 to manufacture 19,400 FMTVs, of which nearly 10,000 are of the Long-Term Armor Strategy (LTAS) configuration. Eight models of the LTAS FMTV are currently being produced in Sealy, Texas.
  • More than 3,200 BAE Systems employees support the FMTV program in Texas, Ohio, Arizona and Michigan.
  • BAE Systems workers produce more than 40 FMTVs per day at a 200-acre campus and manufacturing area of more than 900,000 square feet in Sealy, Texas.
  • BAE Systems’ FMTV production quality system is certified ISO 9001 and ISO/TS 16949 – the highest automotive and manufacturing industry standard.

Performance

  • The U.S. Army coined the term “ultra-reliable” to describe the BAE Systems-built FMTV.
  • BAE Systems’ FMTV was one of the first off-road tactical cargo families to sustain operational readiness rate of more than 94 percent during wartime for the Army.
  • The FMTV family shares 85 percent parts commonality among all vehicles in the fleet.
  • BAE Systems’ FMTV was the first to pass the Army’s 22-year accelerated corrosion test.
  • The Caiman was concepted, conceptualized, designed, prototyped and tested in 2006. BAE Systems achieved a record first when the time from contract award to first vehicle delivery was 43 days.

Protection

  • Long-Term Armor Strategy (LTAS) FMTVs are currently being produced to offer warfighters flexible protection levels.
  • LTAS is system-designed for the FMTV and is comprised of the armored cab, or A-Cab, and appliqué armor, or B-kit. The A-Cab configuration allows FMTV crews to operate the FMTVs in on- and off-road, non-tactical and low-threat tactical environments with minimal vehicle weight. The crews can increase their protection during periods of increased threat levels by installing the B-kits.
  • Introduced in 2003, the Low Signature Armored Cab (LSAC) is designed to protect the warfighter from assault-rifle rounds, land mines and artillery fragments.