akd Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 General Dynamics Awarded $155 Million for 109 Strykers (Source: General Dynamics Land Systems; issued Oct. 4, 2006) STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. --- The U.S. Army has awarded delivery orders for a total of 109 Stryker wheeled combat vehicles from General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics. These three recent orders are valued at $155 million and increase the Army's fiscal year 2006 Stryker procurement to a total of 518 vehicles. Work will be performed in Anniston, Ala.; Lima, Ohio; and London, Ontario, Canada, by existing General Dynamics employees. Work is expected to be completed by October 2008. Stryker, a family of eight-wheel-drive combat vehicles that can travel at speeds up to 62 mph on highways with a range of 312 miles, is the Army's highest-priority production combat vehicle program and the centerpiece of the ongoing Army Transformation. Stryker operates with the latest C4ISR equipment and an integrated armor package protecting soldiers against improvised explosive devices, rocket propelled grenades, and a variety of infantry weapons. Stryker's current combined fleet operational readiness rate is 96 percent with more than 6 million miles accumulated through two completed Operation Iraqi Freedom rotations. To date, General Dynamics has delivered more than 1,780 Strykers of the 2,691 included in the U.S. Army's plans for seven Stryker Brigade Combat Teams. Fielding is currently underway for the 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.; 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; and the Pennsylvania National Guard's 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. Significantly lighter and more transportable than existing tanks and armored vehicles, Stryker fulfills an immediate requirement to equip a strategically deployable (C-17/C-5) and operationally deployable (C-130) brigade capable of rapid movement anywhere on the globe in a combat-ready configuration. Stryker Brigade Combat Teams have operated with "historically high" mission availability rates in Iraq since October 2003, demonstrating the value of a force that can move rapidly as a cohesive and networked combined-arms combat team. General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, employs approximately 81,900 people worldwide and had 2005 revenue of $21.2 billion. The company is a market leader in mission-critical information systems and technologies; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and business aviation. http://www.defense-aerospace.com/cgi...w&modele=jdc_1 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 Seven SBCT? That appears to be a typo. The list, as I know it is s follows: Existing 3rd SBCT, 2nd ID 1st SBCT, 25th ID 172nd SBCT (Separate) Scheduled '06 4th Brigade, 2nd ID Scheduled '07 2nd Brigade, 25th ID Scheduled '08 56th Brigade (nomially of 28th ID) So where is the 7th? While trying to double check this info I came upon a letter by one of Alaska's Senators complaining about the screwup with 172nd's tour extension: http://murkowski.senate.gov/pressapp/record.cfm?id=261448 Looks like someone has some 'splaining to do Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted October 5, 2006 Author Share Posted October 5, 2006 Originally posted by Battlefront.com: Seven SBCT? That appears to be a typo. The list, as I know it is s follows: Existing 3rd SBCT, 2nd ID 1st SBCT, 25th ID 172nd SBCT (Separate) Scheduled '06 4th Brigade, 2nd ID Scheduled '07 2nd Brigade, 25th ID Scheduled '08 56th Brigade (nomially of 28th ID) So where is the 7th? While trying to double check this info I came upon a letter by one of Alaska's Senators complaining about the screwup with 172nd's tour extension: http://murkowski.senate.gov/pressapp/record.cfm?id=261448 Looks like someone has some 'splaining to do Steve I thought 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment was changing over to Stryker Brigade also (or are they renamed above)? edit - nevermind: The Army announced on May 14, 2004 that 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment (Light), would begin the transformation to an Infantry-based Stryker Brigade upon its return from Operation Iraqi Freedom. The unit is expected to attain an initial operational capability (IOC) as an infantry-designed SBCT by late 2006. The conversion of the 2d ACR to an infantry-centric SBCT supports the Army's transition to modularity, standardizes the design for all six planned SBCTs, and increases the number of Army infantry formations available to combatant commanders worldwide to set the tempo of battle and act decisively against enemy forces. On June 1, 2006 at Ft Lewis, WA, a large Army reflagging ceremony occurred. The 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry’s colors were cased, the colors of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment were transferred, and the 4th Brigade, 2d Infantry Division colors were uncased. Two respected military units conducted a joint reflagging ceremony at Gray Army Airfield. The 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division deactivated to be reflagged as 2nd Cavalry Regiment; 2nd Cavalry Regiment, in turn, joined the 2nd Infantry Division, activating as the Indianhead Division's 4th Brigade. In its history that began in 1917, 2nd Inf. Div. has never included a 4th Bde. The former 2nd Cav. Regt. will begin a fresh set of traditions as a brand new Stryker brigade combat team in the Indianhead Division. The newly constituted 2nd Cav. Regt. completed a move to Germany in the summer of 2006. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 I'm confused by that whole thing. Supposedly 2n ACR was going to be part of a new 4th Brigade for 10th Mt. Div. But it appears that this was switched to be 4th Brigade, 2nd ID. Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellfish Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 A lot of it is just reflagging. The 2nd ACR used to be at Fort Polk, where the 4/10th is now. I bet a lot of the 2nd ACR's guys are now with the 4/10th and very few actually became part of the new 2nd ACR in Germany. IIRC the current 2nd ACR took most of its personnel and vehicles from the 25th ID, as it was stood up at Fort Lewis when the 25th's Strykers returned from Iraq. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 Well, that explains it. The original plan was to have 2nd ACR become part of 4/10th and that was changed to be 4/2nd instead. The other bit is the article has it wrong... 6 SBCTs, not 7 as stated. Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellfish Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 Oh, you know what it might be? I think the 172nd is due to be reflagged as a brigade of the 25th ID. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Yeah, but the 172nd is already a SBCT, so that wouldn't make the number of brigades 7. Plus, I had not heard that about the 25th. That would give them THREE Stryker Brigades. Ah, this is suddenly very confusing! Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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