U.S. Army buys more of its toughest Arctic combat vehicle
NewsArmy
By
Colton Jones
Jun 30, 2026
Modified date: Jun 30, 2026
Key Points
The U.S. Army awarded BAE Systems a $35 million contract modification on June 30, 2026, for additional Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle production.
The contract, managed by Army Contracting Command at Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, has an estimated completion date of December 30, 2027.
The U.S. Army awarded BAE Systems Land and Armaments a $35 million contract modification on June 30, 2026, for additional production of the general-purpose variant of the Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle, the tracked, amphibious troop carrier built to operate where wheeled vehicles simply cannot follow.
The Army Contracting Command at Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, made the award under an existing requirements contract, with two bids received and work locations and funding to be determined order by order, targeting an estimated completion date of December 30, 2027.
The vehicle behind this contract, known throughout the Army by its program acronym CATV, is built on BAE Systems’ Beowulf platform, designed and manufactured by BAE Systems Hägglunds in northern Sweden, a company with decades of direct experience building tracked vehicles for Arctic conditions. The Beowulf descends from the BvS10 family used by five European nations and represents an unarmored evolution of the older Bv206 and Bv206S platforms that have served NATO militaries since the 1980s.
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