Logistic Vehicle Modernization Project - Replacing everything from LUVW to SHLVW

[PrairieFella]

What does Dominion Dynamics make?

I think Roshel is pretty well guaranteed LUV Ph 2 now, not sure why there has been no answer yet.

 

[HavokFour]

What does Dominion Dynamics make?

I think Roshel is pretty well guaranteed LUV Ph 2 now, not sure why there has been no answer yet.

Taken from here, all sorts of stuff:

Dominion Dynamics Raises $139M CAD ($100M USD) Series A

The Canadians are really making some serious money moves in defense, eh? This morning, Canadian defense tech darling Dominion Dynamics announced that it’s

www.tectonicdefense.com

• AuraNet—A distributed software platform that connects sensors, autonomous systems, and operators into a shared operating picture in low- or no-connectivity environments. This is the backbone that everything plugs into—Dominion’s take on Lattice, designed very specifically for zero-connectivity environments like the Arctic.
• Taku—An autonomous surveillance tower for persistent sensing and communications. Think Sensor Tower, but Canadian.
• Echo—An under-ice sensing tower/hydrophone system designed to pick up sneaky things like Russian subs. It was formerly known as IceSpike.
• Flint—A software-defined radio (SDR) for tactical comms.
• Specter—A tethered aerostat/balloon that (there’s a theme here) provides higher-altitude sensing and communications.
• Warden—An autonomous ground vehicle (UGV) for remote operations and sensing.
• Scout—Dominion’s bid for Canada’s ACP (similar to CCA) program. The company is currently on contract to build the simulation/digital environment for what the system could look like for the Canadian government. Pence told Tectonic that they expect ACP to be more distributed (say, a system of drones) rather than one thing, like Anduril’s Fury,

Pence also told us that the company is looking to expand into maritime—in particular, they want to build something like CCA/ACP, but for submarines. But that’s still in the concept phase.

And probably the reason of their interest.

• Pence said the company plans to open up a 300,000 sq ft facility for larger-scale production of all those nifty gadgets.

 

[Bluenose_Tanker]

I got to see the Roshel Senator at the Nat War Museum a couple weeks ago and it was quite crude in comparison to other military vehicles.

For example the spare tire mount was just 3 wheel studs aprox 6' up on the side. Now not as bad as the TAPVs solution tbf but still not user friendly at all.

The interior was literally just a ford pickup truck inside. I forecast a lot of cracked screens and frustrated troops by the small amount of space inside for kit.

Aside from the protection aspect it looked almost like a downgrade from the LUVW gwagon.

That being said, if they're very cost-competitive and willing to do some iterative improvements, it would be damn nice to have a domestic solution(even if most of the powertrain is American sourced).

 

[PrairieFella]

I got to see the Roshel Senator at the Nat War Museum a couple weeks ago and it was quite crude in comparison to other military vehicles.

For example the spare tire mount was just 3 wheel studs aprox 6' up on the side. Now not as bad as the TAPVs solution tbf but still not user friendly at all.

The interior was literally just a ford pickup truck inside. I forecast a lot of cracked screens and frustrated troops by the small amount of space inside for kit.

Aside from the protection aspect it looked almost like a downgrade from the LUVW gwagon.

That being said, if they're very cost-competitive and willing to do some iterative improvements, it would be damn nice to have a domestic solution(even if most of the powertrain is American sourced).

which model? APC? MRAP? Pickup?

 

[markppcli]

I got to see the Roshel Senator at the Nat War Museum a couple weeks ago and it was quite crude in comparison to other military vehicles.

For example the spare tire mount was just 3 wheel studs aprox 6' up on the side. Now not as bad as the TAPVs solution tbf but still not user friendly at all.

The interior was literally just a ford pickup truck inside. I forecast a lot of cracked screens and frustrated troops by the small amount of space inside for kit.

Aside from the protection aspect it looked almost like a downgrade from the LUVW gwagon.

That being said, if they're very cost-competitive and willing to do some iterative improvements, it would be damn nice to have a domestic solution(even if most of the powertrain is American sourced).

It would be pretty impressive if they'd made a worse interior design than our G Wagons.