BAE Recovery Vehicles to Receive Upgrades

Category: Contracts

M88A2 HERCULES

BAE Systems received a $28.7 million contract to upgrade 11 M88A1 Medium Recovery vehicles to the M88A2 Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift Evacuation System (HERCULES) configuration.

“The M88A2 is able to hoist and tow twice the weight than that of an M88A1, including an M1 Abrams tank, and is an essential component in helping our Armed Forces to fulfill successful recovery missions,” said Mark Signorelli, vice president and general manager or Armored Combat Systems at BAE Systems. “This contract demonstrates the continued need to invest in the HERCULES and shows the Army’s commitment to the irreplaceable role it serves.”

The M88A2 HERCULES offers operational and logistics commonality with the existing M88A1 fleet, which provides simplified training and parts availability benefits to the end-user. Key upgrades for the HERCULES include: improved power-assisted braking, steering, winching, hoisting, and increased horsepower. HERCULES has the lowest acquisition, operational and maintenance cost of any 70-ton capable recovery system, answering the need for cost-effective, self-supporting heavy recovery performance. The M88A2 provides unparalleled capability for recovering today’s 70-ton combat vehicles including the M1A1, M1A2, Leopard MBT, bridging systems, and other medium weight vehicles.

The upgrade work will be performed by the existing workforce at BAE Systems operations in York, Pennsylvania and Aiken, South Carolina. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command with deliveries to conclude in March 2014. The award brings the total value of U.S. Government contracts that BAE Systems has been awarded on the HERCULES program to $2.1 billion. To date, 575 HERCULES vehicles have been fielded against an overall U.S. Army requirement of 632 vehicles, and a total of 84 vehicles have been fielded to the U.S. Marine Corps.

The M88 plays a critical role the company’s campaign to maintain the Bradley Industrial Base by protecting the affordability of the Army’s combat vehicles. BAE Systems’ York facility is responsible for four of the five U.S. Army Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT) vehicles, including the Bradley and the M88. In addition to proposing that Congress provide base level investment in critical combat vehicle improvements, BAE Systems is working with the Army to secure increased funding for the M88 program to help carry the workload at the facility.

BAE Systems PLC
25.04.2013

BAE Systems` CV90 increases lethality by testing SPIKE LR anti-tank guided missile
14.01.2020

U.S. Marine Corps orders more Amphibious Combat Vehicles
11.11.2019

RAVEN Countermeasure System protects vehicles from missile threats
15.10.2019

BAE Systems unveils Robotic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle at AUSA
15.10.2019

BAE Systems Land Systems Hagglunds AB

BAE Systems Land and Armament

BAE SYSTEMS

BAE SYSTEMS Facts

BAE SYSTEMS Advanced Technology Centre

BAE SYSTEMS Customer Solutions & Support Land & Sea

BAE SYSTEMS C4ISR

BAE SYSTEMS Operational Training

BAE SYSTEMS RO Defence

BAE SYSTEMS RO Defence Small Arms Ammunition Division

BAE Systems, C4ISR

BAE Systems North America, Land & Information Systems

BAE Systems Land Systems

M88A2 Hercules (Repair and recovery vehicle)

M88A2 (Repair and recovery vehicle)