Armored combat vehicles experts at General Dynamics Land Systems in Sterling Heights, Mich., will repair, retrofit, and support U.S. Army M1126 Stryker combat vehicles to like-new condition under terms of two separate five-year contracts announced in late February collectively worth $2.7 billion. Officials of the Army Contracting Command in Warren, Mich., are asking General Dynamics for retrofit, damage repair, and reset-refurbishment services to support the Stryker family of vehicles; as well as for Stryker wholesale supply, performance-based, logistics services. A reset contract involves the repair and retrofit of battle-worn or damaged products to a like-new condition, which means to refurbish to near zero miles and hours of wear and tear. The Stryker family of eight-wheeled armored fighting vehicles from General Dynamics Land Systems is a derivative of the Canadian LAV III combat vehicle from a General Dynamics-General Motors Defence Canada team, and is based on the Swiss Piranha III 8Ă—8 combat vehicle. Stryker is designed as a deployable fighting vehicle that is more lethal than light vehicles like Humvees, yet is lighter and more maneuverable than heavyweight combat vehicles like the M1 Abrams main battle tank. For more information contact General Dynamics Land Systems online at www.gdls.com, or the Army Contracting Command-Warren at www.tacom.army.mil.
