Ricardo awarded 20.2million USD contract to deliver additional ABS-ESC retrofit kits to US Army

The United States Army awards Ricardo 20.2million USD towards the life-saving Antilock Brake System/Electronic Stability Control (ABS/ESC) retrofit kit.

The United States Army has awarded Ricardo’s Defense business unit, located in Michigan, Detroit USA, a 20.2million USD contract to continue delivering Antilock Brake System/Electronic Stability Control (ABS/ESC) retrofit kits to improve the safety of operation of the US Army’s High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV).

Prior to this award, Ricardo has previously delivered over 11,000 ABS/ESC systems for application to US Army HMMWVs. The award of this contract will ensure improved safety on fielded vehicles in the US Army’s enduring HMMWV fleet. In 2019, the Army provisioned Ricardo’s ABS/ESC retrofit kit into the national stock system for application of vehicles produced prior to 2019 that are slated to remain in the Army’s enduring fleet through 2040.

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