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Exclusive AUSA 2025 Coverage Day 1: Full Breakdown of New U.S. Weapons Defense Technologies
Oct 15, 2025
Join Army Recognition for our exclusive on-the-ground coverage of Day 1 at AUSA 2025 in Washington, D.C., where we bring you firsthand looks at the most advanced weapons systems and technologies shaping the future of the U.S. Army. From the autonomous S-70 U-Hawk helicopter by Sikorsky to General Dynamics' new Stryker-based Nexus command system, and Bell Textron’s next-gen MV-75 tiltrotor aircraft, this video covers all the major unveilings. Get expert analysis, high-resolution visuals, and insider commentary only available through Army Recognition’s embedded editorial team. Subscribe for daily updates from AUSA 2025 and beyond. Summary of this video: 00:00 INTRO 00:15 Overview of what you can see at the AUSA 2025 defense exhibition in Washington, D.C. 01:00 Lockheed Martin Sikorsky unveils S-70UAS U-Hawk, turning Black Hawk into an autonomous helicopter 03:15 General Dynamics Land Systems Nexus Mission Command on the Move on Stryker combat vehicle 05:06 General Dynamics Land Systems Pandur II SHORAD air defense combat vehicle 06:48 General Dynamics Land Systems Reveals Counter-drone MUTT XM Robotic Vehicle 09:08 RTX boosts Patriot air defense missile system with next-gen LTAMDS radar 12:01 RTX DeepFires™ autonomous surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missile launcher 14:22 GM Defense Infantry Squad Vehicle Utility version with a cargo area with a counter-drone system 17:06 GM Defense Heavy Duty Hybrid Vehicle 19:16 Bell Textron Redefines U.S. Army Air Mobility with Next-Gen Tiltrotor Aircraft MV-75 22:42 AM General unveils its new next-generation light Hawkeye 105mm Mobile Howitzer System and JLTV A2 25:15 Contact details of the Army Recognition Group 25:32 OUTRO Read more news AUSA 2025 at this link https://www.armyrecognition.com
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Hi and welcome to Washington DC, United
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States for the international defense
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exhibition USA 2025.
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I recognition is on site to cover during
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three days one of the most important
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defense exhibition in United States. And
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now let's go to discover the latest
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defense innovation and technology
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displayed by the international and
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United States defense industry.
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The U-Hawk is the newest member of our
1:19
Hawk family of systems. It is a fully
1:22
autonomous UAS that is capable of
1:24
delivering over 10,000 pounds of
1:26
payload. The aircraft obviously is based
1:29
upon our U860 family. So it is has a
1:34
high level of commonality with the
1:36
current Blackhawk and the Seahawk
1:38
fleets. The capability of this aircraft
1:40
uses matrix autonomy to allow a single
1:44
operator to control multiple different
1:46
aircraft. And it enables that operator
1:48
to give the aircraft mission task that
1:52
are focused on the aircraft operating
1:54
fully autonomously from actual engine
1:57
start to the mission and then also
2:00
engine shutdown. and we enable the
2:02
operator to conduct this interface
2:04
through just a tablet. With that 10,000
2:07
pounds of payload, we're able to either
2:09
carry internal or external loads with
2:12
this aircraft. So, we have the ability
2:15
to deliver multiple different types of
2:18
not only ammunition and supplies to uh
2:21
the battlefield, but we also have the
2:23
ability to deliver UGVs,
2:26
all-terrain vehicles, motorcycles,
2:28
whatever the maneuver commander needs uh
2:31
to conduct the operation. Since this is
2:33
a Blackhawk, it also has the external
2:35
load capability. So, you can combine
2:38
both the internal and the external loads
2:41
for this aircraft. So, we're looking
2:43
forward for this aircraft to be flying
2:45
next year and it'll be out doing uh
2:48
demonstrations both with uh cargo
2:51
handling capabilities, sustainment
2:53
delivery, but also we'll be using this
2:56
aircraft to deliver UGVs and also launch
2:59
defects.
3:32
So what we're presenting this year is a
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follow on from something we presented
3:36
last year. We brought our mission
3:37
command on the move platform. It's a
3:40
strikerbased command post totally
3:42
reimagined uh to be able to hide in
3:45
plain sight. What we're experiencing in
3:47
Norno Carabach as well as in uh uh the
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Russo Ukrainian war is a saturation of
3:52
the battlefield with persistent
3:54
observation. At this point in time now
3:57
it's very hard to hide. And so what you
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have to do is make things like command
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posts hide in plain sight. So they
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blend. And so this vehicle right here is
4:07
our Nexus or NextG C2 ready
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expeditionary crossdmain undetectable
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striker. And it's a mouthful, but that's
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why we chose to go with Nexus. Uh but
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Nexus is the center and the hub of any
4:21
operation. It will provide the US
4:23
military an opportunity to provide
4:25
mission command to subordinate units all
4:28
across the battlefield. and by using
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substantial improved technologies to be
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able to reduce the signature of that
4:34
command post. So the electromag magnetic
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spectrum on the battlefield is what's
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giving our command post away. They're
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putting off so much energy that it's
4:43
very easy for adversaries to acquire us.
4:46
We're using proliferated low earth orbit
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technology as well as other technologies
4:51
that enable those command posts to hide
4:54
their electromagnetic signature. And
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that's why we believe this is
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compelling. The US Army has asked us to
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participate in a number of experiments
5:01
and excursions over the next year that
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we'll be proud to bring this vehicle to.
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So, we're very proud to bring to the US
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Army the Sergeant Stout, a 31 ton
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Striker base short-range air defense
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capability. And that's in concert with
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our uh partners uh Moog as well as other
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partners that help us build the
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short-range air defense capability.
5:22
Well, what we took a look at is
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integrating that exact same RIP turret
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uh onto the Ponder. The Ponder is a
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proven capable system of many decades in
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uh the armies of our allies. and
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integrating the uh RIP turret made by
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Moog and the same exact same 30
5:40
millimeter cannon and exact same uh
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stinger launchers onto that, we're able
5:44
to show that you could have a lighter
5:47
air defense asset without having to
5:50
change the turret. think commonality for
5:53
the soldier between the heavy weapon
5:55
system of the stout that goes in our
5:57
large heavy BCTs, armored brigade combat
6:01
teams in the US Army, but also something
6:03
that would work very well in the light
6:04
infantry divisions. This vehicle also
6:07
has integrated robotic control on it.
6:09
And so we demonstrated in previous A
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USA's as well as several excursions with
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the US Army the T-Rex shorad. So tracked
6:17
robot 10 ton with a short-range air
6:19
defense turret. the power of that
6:21
capability where you don't have to add
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additional manpower, but you can put a
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robot with short-range air defense at
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distances several terrain features
6:29
forward of the US Army's man vehicles is
6:32
very compelling. Well, on this vehicle,
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we've demonstrated an ability to be able
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to integrate that robotic control from a
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lighter platform. We're looking to see
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where it takes off and we're very
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interested in seeing how we can continue
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to prove our nation's defense against
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air threats. GDLS is proud to be the
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only company in the United States Army
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market that is a program of record owner
6:53
with the ESMET. The uh squad
6:55
multi-purpose equipment transport is
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fielded with over 650 systems across the
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US Army. But the US Army continues to
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learn and grow and advance their
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capabilities and unmanned systems are a
7:06
very part of the future ground fight.
7:09
And so what we've brought here today is
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the MUDXM. It's our next generation uh
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to the Estment. Uh we're are
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demonstrating here today the capability
7:18
to integrate the GDOTS 20 mm cannon. A
7:22
very powerful capability that on a
7:24
Kongsburg turret can provide you air
7:26
defense capabilities uh for a smaller
7:30
lighter infantry formation. And so if
7:32
you think through that, one of the
7:33
challenge with short-range air defense
7:35
on a Pander or a Sergeant Stout is how
7:38
do you get that in an Indoaccom
7:40
environment for instance on an island uh
7:43
campaign? But those soldiers there need
7:45
air defense protection and counter UAS
7:47
protection just as much as the large
7:49
formations in the open plains of Eastern
7:51
Europe for example in battlefields.
7:53
Well, what this uh MUDXM provides teamed
7:56
with our Kongsburg and our GDOTS
7:59
partners is an opportunity to provide a
8:01
very powerful effective uh 20 millimeter
8:04
cannon capability to defeat uh those
8:06
threats on the future battlefield. GDLS
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is one company. We just happen to have
8:11
operations in many locations and so our
8:13
president wants to make sure that it's
8:15
one family teamed together. And so
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there's a Canadian operation that builds
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the labs for many countries worldwide as
8:22
well as supporting the Canadian Army.
8:24
And there's a United Kingdom branch of
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our GDLS one company that operates there
8:29
for the ADC Ajax. We know that the needs
8:31
of the army and our land forces is
8:33
evolving continuously. There have been
8:36
some very important releases by the US
8:38
Army for army transformation initiative
8:41
and this show provides us an opportunity
8:43
to showcase where we are innovating and
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keeping at pace or ahead of the army to
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meet their needs.
9:20
Yes. The the radar that you see behind
9:22
me is called the lower tier air and
9:25
missile defense sensor. It's commonly
9:27
referred to as LTAMS. LTAMS is a 360
9:32
degree continuous surveillance radar
9:36
that is being used to replace the
9:38
current uh directional radar under the
9:42
US Army's Patriot missile system. So
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LTAMS incorporates all of the latest
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technologies uh in the sensor community.
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Most specifically two particular
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technologies are inserted into Eltams.
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One is the AESA technology that you're
9:58
seeing in a lot of uh radars. The other
10:00
one is what we call gallium nitrate. So
10:03
the AESA GAN technology is the
10:05
centerpiece of the LTM sensor. Why is
10:09
that important? Uh AISA GAN technologies
10:12
allow operators to get maximum
10:15
efficiency and maximum effectiveness and
10:18
minimal downtime on their sensors in a
10:21
very complicated threat scenario. In
10:25
this particular case, it's air and
10:26
missile threats that could be
10:29
endangering a nation's most critical
10:32
assets. The LTAM's radar is uh system
10:36
agnostic. It is designed in an open
10:38
architecture uh capability so that it
10:41
can be integrated into a host of
10:43
different architectures. We are
10:45
currently working with the US Army and
10:48
integrating it into the army's
10:49
integrated battle command system uh C2
10:52
structure. But as a standalone sensor,
10:56
uh it is an agnostic to the architecture
10:59
that it might be utilized in. As you
11:01
know, we have uh 19 different countries
11:05
around the world uh that have subscribed
11:07
to the Patriot missile system. Uh
11:09
they're all very interested as you can
11:11
imagine in the LTMS because it provides
11:15
360 degree continuous surveillance and
11:20
battle assessments uh for threat air and
11:23
missiles around the world. The new radar
11:25
is currently in what we call low rate
11:27
initial production. Uh so we are
11:29
producing radars for the US Army and the
11:33
US Army is continuing uh to develop and
11:36
deploy and provide feedback uh to RAON
11:40
on aspects of the radars that they want
11:43
us to continue to to develop on. We
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expect to go into full rate production
11:48
in a very short period of time. But we
11:50
are actually delivering uh Elams radars
11:54
to the US Army. And in fact, we also
11:56
have our first uh foreign uh FMS
12:00
customer being Poland. Behind me is what
12:02
we are calling the deep fires autonomous
12:05
launcher. Um, conceptually, the US Army
12:08
is challenging industry to help them
12:11
come up with a common launcher that can
12:15
participate in both a surfacetosurface
12:18
as well as a surfaceto-air mission set
12:22
using a common launcher to uh affect
12:26
those two mission sets. The additional
12:29
element of this common launcher is they
12:32
would also like it to be autonomous. In
12:34
other words, can we maneuver it around
12:37
the battlefield without actually having
12:39
to put soldiers in a seat and driving
12:42
them along? This is our solution. We
12:45
recently took our deep fires autonomous
12:49
launcher to an exercise that was
12:52
supported by the US Army and we
12:54
demonstrated uh the capabilities that
12:56
you and I have just discussed. uh it is
12:59
our intention to work along with the US
13:01
Army and other industry partners to
13:04
accelerate the advancement of this deep
13:07
fires autonomous launcher capability. So
13:10
right now we are partnering with uh
13:13
Forera who is helping us with the
13:15
autonomous what I would call the auto
13:18
drive. Of course, you can see that it is
13:20
an Oshkosh vehicle. And then Rathon is
13:23
providing the uh the launcher
13:26
capabilities as well as all of the
13:28
integrated uh technologies for the
13:30
various missiles that could be used on
13:33
this autonomous launcher because
13:35
remember I talked about two different
13:37
mission sets. Both a long range
13:39
surfacetos surface mission set but also
13:41
a surfacetoair. So, there will be
13:43
several different types of missiles
13:46
that'll need to be integrated onto this
13:50
common uh autonomous launcher that you
13:52
see behind me.
13:54
Thank you so much.
14:09
Sure.
14:22
I'm Pete Johnson, the vice president of
14:24
integrated vehicle solutions for GM
14:25
Defense. Uh GM Defense is General Motors
14:30
outwardlooking uh business that focuses
14:33
on leveraging the incredible investment
14:36
in research and development of GM for
14:38
government and military application. And
14:41
obviously we're here at the trade show,
14:43
the association of the United States
14:44
Army because the Army is one of our most
14:46
important customers. Our first program
14:49
of record uh was our infantry squad
14:51
vehicle uh that is now distributed and
14:54
fielded to infantry units across the
14:56
army. Yeah, this vehicle again first
14:59
produced for the United States Army and
15:02
now on contract internationally already
15:04
with with CA Canada and we're working
15:07
with many other international partners
15:09
in NATO, the Middle East, Indo-acific. A
15:12
lot of great interest in this vehicle. a
15:15
barebones vehicle designed to transform
15:18
the way light infantry forces maneuver.
15:22
Uh today they traditionally maneuver on
15:24
their boots. Uh and this is the better
15:26
boot. Uh the ability to move soldiers
15:29
around the battlefield more efficiently,
15:32
more effectively, offer many more
15:35
maneuver opportunities without the the
15:37
load stone of of supply of logistics.
15:40
You no longer now need trucks or
15:43
helicopters or airplanes to maneuver
15:45
light forces. They can swiftly maneuver
15:48
using this incredible adaptable, agile,
15:52
highly transportable vehicle. Uh this
15:54
vehicle can be transported as a sling
15:57
load underneath a Blackhawk uh UH60 or
16:01
other utilitarian aircraft. It can also
16:03
be internally loaded inside a CH40
16:06
Chinook, CH47 Chinook or CH53. And then
16:09
it can also be air dropped low velocity
16:12
air dropped out of C130s, A400s, C5,
16:16
C17s. So the first vehicle was the
16:19
infantry squad vehicle. It was capable
16:21
of hauling nine troops. So nine seats
16:26
and the infantry squad make up United
16:28
States Army is nine. And so it was
16:30
perfect. The utility is a five- seat
16:33
variant that has a cargo back that
16:35
offers the ability uh to introduce a a
16:38
numerous and multitude myriad of
16:40
different kinds of mission packages. Uh
16:43
on this one here that we have in the
16:44
show today, you've got a launch and
16:46
recover system for drones. On the move
16:49
launch and recovery capability, uh you
16:51
can envision a a myriad of different
16:54
kinds of capabilities like mortars, uh
16:57
counter UAE capabilities. So it offers
16:59
it opens the door uh to really uh truly
17:03
utilitarian capability and highly
17:05
mobile. So this is our heavyduty hybrid
17:08
vehicle. It is a diesel power uh series
17:11
hybrid that leverages the same
17:14
commercial highly capable diesel
17:16
technology that we have in our infantry
17:18
squad vehicle. It's the same engine. uh
17:20
it creates energy that's stored in a
17:22
battery, a 102 kilowatt hour battery
17:25
that then distributes energy to motors,
17:27
one on the front axle, one on the rear
17:29
axle, and that offers instantaneous
17:31
torque capability. So, highly capable
17:34
off-road, but also has all of that
17:37
stored energy that can be used for
17:39
silent drive, silent watch, also to be
17:43
exported for a range of different uh
17:46
mission requirements. Uh we talked about
17:48
one of the high highly desirable needs
17:50
at the tactical edge is energy. This
17:53
thing brings a tremendous amount of that
17:55
energy. Going back to the infantry squad
17:57
vehicle, it was based on the Chevy
18:00
Colorado. Uh so we took the Chevy
18:02
Colorado, the off-road performance
18:04
package, the ZR2 package, and
18:06
transformed that into the military
18:08
vehicle we call the ISV. This vehicle is
18:11
based on the Silverado heavyduty 3500
18:15
chassis and capability. But then we
18:17
introduce technologies from other
18:19
vehicles. We introduce technologies from
18:21
the Hummer uh EV program, from the Lyric
18:23
program and other programs that shows
18:26
our ability to reach in and draw from
18:28
the tremendous depth and range of
18:32
technologies and investments that GM has
18:34
made and bring it to bear for a military
18:37
solution. we can leverage the same uh
18:40
the same capability that that GM has to
18:44
uh extend its commercial market
18:46
internationally.
18:48
We're we're essentially able to leverage
18:50
that. Uh we bring our customers a global
18:54
supply chain and reach uh for
18:57
maintenance and service uh that I think
18:59
is is unmatched.
19:31
My name is Frank Lazera. I'm the
19:32
director of sales and strategy for Bell
19:34
on the MV75. The MV75,
19:38
commonly known around the world from our
19:41
demonstrator phase as the V280, but is
19:43
now called the MV75, which is a tilt
19:46
rotor that is purpose-built for the Army
19:48
Assault mission to basically double
19:50
their capability that they have
19:52
currently in their current fleet. So we
19:54
are on contract with the army and
19:56
finalizing design as as normal during
19:59
the EMD phase of an acquisition. We are
20:02
on track now to deliver an aircraft next
20:04
year would be the first prototype. So we
20:07
are in the phase of finishing critical
20:10
design reviews uh releasing engineering
20:13
actually building parts and in some
20:15
areas starting assembly of the first
20:17
aircraft that will be delivered next
20:18
year. So Blackhawk is a conventional
20:21
helicopter and this is a tiltrotor and
20:23
tiltrotor leverages the advantages of a
20:26
wing that can't be reproduced in any
20:28
other rotary wing form. The easy way to
20:30
look at it is basically double the
20:32
range, double the speed of a
20:34
conventional rotary wing aircraft like
20:36
the Blackhawk. And that's because you
20:38
can rotate those prop rotors and take
20:41
off and land like a helicopter, maneuver
20:43
like a helicopter, but when you are
20:45
cruising, you cruise more like an
20:46
airplane using the advantage of a wing.
20:49
Yes, very similar to the Osprey. Of
20:50
course, we have a lot of lessons learned
20:52
from the over 850,000
20:56
operational hours on the Osprey that
20:57
have been applied to the design of this
20:59
aircraft. But because of our Osprey
21:01
experience and other tilt rotors that
21:02
we've worked on is a much more advanced
21:04
version. So we can rely it'll be more
21:07
reliable, more sustainable uh and of
21:10
course very importantly uh easier to
21:14
acquire from a cost perspective. Well,
21:16
it's designed to do the same basic
21:18
mission. So carry a squad size plus some
21:20
enablers or additional payload that's
21:23
got a larger cabin area than a
21:24
Blackhawk. So it can carry more
21:26
reconfigurable for the medevac mission.
21:29
uh various other types of missions.
21:30
We're already promoting on the
21:32
international level. We already have a
21:33
very vigorous not only at Bell but with
21:36
the US government has a very vigorous
21:38
program office doing the work for to uh
21:41
pave the way for future international
21:44
sales partnerships, collaborations. We
21:47
have I mean when this started it was all
21:49
about designing an aircraft that meets
21:51
the army needs and so we get great
21:54
engagement here. We get to, you know,
21:56
touch base with senior leaders, but also
21:58
very importantly, we get to have touch
22:00
points with the soldiers, the soldiers
22:02
who maybe someday will be operating it
22:04
or flying on it. And that's very
22:06
important to us there. Every soldier is
22:08
a VIP for us here at this show. So, uh,
22:11
and today I have a very full day of
22:14
international uh, engagements speaking
22:16
to various other countries on the
22:18
advantages of the aircraft and with some
22:20
there are serious conversations going on
22:22
about acquisition of the aircraft. Thank
22:24
you so much.
22:57
My name is John Chadborn. I'm an
22:58
executive vice president here at AM
23:00
General. Uh and really we're showing uh
23:02
three different capabilities this year
23:04
at a USA. Uh we are showing the joint
23:07
light tactical vehicle A2 model. It's a
23:11
uh vehicle that has about 300 engineered
23:14
changes from the JLTBA1 improvements to
23:16
the vehicle. We're very very proud of
23:18
that system and it's uh going through
23:20
testing now and should start fielding
23:22
next year. This vehicle is a it's a what
23:24
we like to call a low visibility
23:26
vehicle. Uh it it's made to look like a
23:28
commercial vehicle, but it is very much
23:30
a purpose-built vehicle mainly for
23:33
special forces and tier one operators uh
23:35
that allows them to move into locations
23:38
uh undetected uh but also provide a vast
23:42
amount of protection and also their
23:44
ability to uh gain intelligence,
23:46
surveillance, and reconnaissance as
23:48
well. We call it the mimic V uh because
23:50
uh it looks like something that it's
23:52
not. We've had the Hawkeye for some time
23:54
now. Uh we fired well over a thousand
23:56
rounds. Uh but recently also uh sent the
23:59
Hawkeye to Ukraine where they tested it
24:02
and then they put it into uh combat for
24:05
about 10 months and then they came back
24:07
and told us that we're very impressed
24:09
with the system but also uh suggested a
24:11
few improvements which we have
24:12
incorporated into the Hawkeye 2.0 which
24:15
you see behind me. But the Hawkeye
24:16
system as it is today still extremely
24:19
capable. As you know, it has our our
24:21
patented soft recoil technology that
24:24
reduces the recoil of the system by over
24:26
70%. Which allows us to put a a very
24:29
large gun on a much smaller vehicle.
24:31
It's still based on the the cha same
24:33
chassis. There's just some uh changes we
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made to the the structure and the look
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of the vehicle as well. Correct. Uh well
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you know I think uh you know our our
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largest customer is is the US Army but
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this USA is really an international show
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now. Uh so you know armies from around
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the world come here and these are our
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customers and we it gives us a chance to
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hear from our customers see what they
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think and also show some of our new
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capabilities.
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Thank you so much.
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Thank you.