AM General Receives $44 Million Contract for Humvee Diesel Engines

The US company produces the iconic tactical vehicle that has evolved over nearly four decades 

AM General Receives $44 Million Contract for Humvee Diesel Engines

Photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Ramelb via https://defence-blog.com/

 Defence-blog.com reports that the US Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime has awarded a contract to vehicle manufacturer AM General for High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle diesel engines with containers. The contract, announced last week by the Department of Defense, is worth more than $44 million.

The type of appropriation is fiscal 2020 through 2023 Army working capital funds. The Warren, Michigan-based Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime provides weapon system spare parts for the US military and defense organizations. 

Defence-blog.com noted that over 35 years ago, AM General developed, tested, and launched what has now become the most iconic light tactical vehicle in the world – the High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle, or Humvee. Over the course of nearly four decades, the Humvee has evolved and kept pace with the changing landscape. This is not the same Humvee that deployed to Panama in 1989. Throughout the life of this proven platform, AM General engineers have developed solutions from greater payload capacity, added safety, and increased power, to variants that meet specific requirements such as the narrow body version that fits in a CH-47 helicopter.