International MaxxPro
International MaxxPro
According to Navistar Defense, the vehicle is designed with operational readiness in mind and utilizes standardized, easily available
parts, to ensure rapid repair and maintenance.[8] The armored body is bolted together instead of welded, as in other MRAPs. This
                                                                                                                    [9]
facilitates repair in the field and is a contributing factor to Navistar's greater production capacity for the MaxxPro.
In 2010, the Army initiated a development effort to add electronic stability control (ESC), a computerized technology designed to
improve vehicle stability, to the MaxxPro. The MaxxPro's high ground clearance provides greater protection from underbody blasts,
but also raises its center of gravity, causing rollovers in certain situations. The ESC combines road factors, vehicle data, and driver
intent to automatically correct driving to ensure stability during maneuvers. Installation on MaxxPros began in late 2014 and is to be
                                                                                [10]
completed by late 2017, with other MRAPs planned to have ESC integrated onto them.
Production
Initially just two vehicles were delivered for testing at theAberdeen Proving Groundin March 2007.
Following testing, a first order for 1,200 MRAP Category 1 MaxxPro vehicles was placed by the US Marine Corps Systems
Command on May 31, 2007 for delivery by February 2008.[11] However, as the U.S. Army Research and Development laboratory is
overseeing the entire MRAP program, it is unclear which branches of the US Armed Services will be receiving the vehicles, and in
what numbers.[6] The contract was worth over $623 million, making it then the biggest MRAP contract to date. The US Marine
Corps plans to replace allHMMWVs "outside the wire" in Iraq with MRAP vehicles.
                                                                                                                       [12]
A further order for 16 Category 2 versions (dubbed MaxxPro XL) was placed on June 19, 2007 for delivery by September 2007.
An additional 755 Category 1 MaxxPros were ordered on July 20, 2007, also for delivery by February 2008, and a third order for a
                                                       [13][14]
further 1,000 vehicles was announced on October 18, 2007.
In the final order of 2007 a further 1,500 Category 1 MaxxPros were ordered bringing the total to 4,471.[15] Of total MRAP orders to
the end of 2007, 45% are MaxxPros (66% of Category 1 MRAPs).
In the first order of 2008, 743 Category I MaxxPros were ordered. The MaxxPro was by now the only Category I MRAP still
receiving fresh orders.[16]
On September 19, 2012, Navistar received an order worth $282 million to upgrade more than 2,300 MaxxPro Dash vehicles to the
MaxxPro Dash ISS version. The upgrades include the Diamond Xtream Mobility Independent suspension system. The upgrade is
designed to give the vehicles improved capability and technology for a lower cost than purchasing a brand-new vehicle. Work began
                                                                     [1]
in December in Afghanistan in the field and was completed by June 2013.
About 9,000 MaxxPro vehicles were bought by the U.S. Army between 2007 and 2011, and they plan to keep only about 3,000 of
them.[17] Navistar is pitching the MaxxPro MRAP as a vehicle that can be upgraded into a mobile command post or power generator.
With budget cuts, the plan would allow the Army to get solutions they want from the existing fleet.[18] The company is also planning
                                                 .[19]
to make it a maintenance vehicle and mortar carrier
M113 replacement
Navistar considered modifying the MaxxPro to fit Army requirements for the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle program to replace the
M113 family of vehicles. Navistar felt that although it has less capabilities such as gap crossing, their wheeled MRAP could be
capable enough to meet the solutions required and be cheaper by selecting a vehicle already in the inventory.[19] Navistar offered the
MaxxPro as a stop-gap solution to replace the M113 quickly with the more survivable MRAP, to be used until the AMPV can be
fielded in 2020.[20] BAE Systems was awarded the AMPV contract in December 2014.
                                                                              [21]
The company is also pitching the MaxxPro to replace the M113 in units above brigade level not directly involved in fighting for the
same cost saving reasons.[22]
Variants
MaxxPro Plus
On June 16, 2008 Navistar debuted a new version called MaxxPro Plus. MaxxPro
Plus has increased engine power and payload, as well as Frag Kit 6 enhancements
for increased explosively formed penetratorprotection.[23]
MaxxPro Dash
On September 4, 2008 the U.S. Marine Corps awarded Navistar a $752 million
contract to develop and produce a lighter, smaller, and more mobile MaxxPro variant
that is less prone to the rollover problems that have plagued MRAP vehicles.              MaxxPro Plus with Frag Kit 6.
MaxxPro Dash has a smaller turning radius and higher torque to weight ratio.
Production of the MaxxPro Dash began in October 2008 with delivery of 822 units
completed by February 2009.[24][25]
MaxxPro XL
The MaxxPro XL is a Category II MRAP version of the MaxxPro. It is a larger and longer version of the base vehicle. Because it is
                                                                                                ry up to 10 soldiers.[27]
longer, it has three bullet-resistant windows on each side, instead of two. The MaxxPro XL can car
MRV
There is also an MRAP Recovery Vehicle; 250 have been ordered. These are well suited to recovering other vehicles which have
been damaged by IEDs.[28]
On July 18, 2011 Navistar Defense received a delivery order for an additional 140 MRV's with rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) nets
from the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command.[26]
MCOTM
At Association of the United States Army 2013, a version called the Mission
Command on the Move (MCOTM) was displayed as a command post with monitors,
computers, and antennae mounted in the back for communications and surveillance.
Five passengers can monitor incoming information, see unmanned aerial vehicle
feeds, and keep track of where units are operating. The vehicle has an on-board
transmission-integrated power generator that can produce up to 120 kilowatts of
exportable power, which eliminates the need for a towed trailer and can single-      MaxxPro MRV
Operators
Current operators
          Afghanistan —155 with 15 MRAP recovery vehicles
    will be in service with Afghan National Army
                                               . So far, 10
    have been received.   [29]
Former operators
        Estonia 6 MaxxPros in service with theEstonian Afghanistan
   Contingent.[41]
         Greece 5 MaxxPros under leasing, from theUS Army, were               Elements of Albanian Special
   deployed in Afghanistan. These 5 vehicles were given back to US Army       Operations Battalion provide security
   after Hellenic Army disengaged from ISAF in October 2012.                  for coalition forces at an Afghan
                                                                              Border Police checkpoint.
Civilian operators
        United States
See also
   International FTTS
   International MXT-MV
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