Holy Smoke! GM, Army Turn Out New Hydrogen Car In 9 Months…
By Colin Clark on October 05, 2016 at 10:39 AM
AUSA: I’ve covered the Army since 1997 and detailed its acquisition disasters from Crusader to Comanche to Future Combat System to — oh, let’s not get depressed and stop there — and I could not imagine the Big Green Machine putting a contract together for a new vehicle in nine months, let alone issuing a contract and getting a brand new vehicle delivered two weeks before AUSA in that time.
The Army’s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (fondly known as TARDEC) has done heaps of innovative and intriguing research and development over the years, but the Army has rarely succeeded in harnessing that innovation and turning it into a product. This time, no one can naysay TARDEC’s achievement. Of course, a great deal of the credit goes to General Motors for cobbling together all the bits and pieces from its research, working with TARDEC and ensuring it built a vehicle.
http://breakingdefense.com/2016/10/holy-smoke-gm-army-turn-out-new-hydrogen-car-in-9-months/
