DOT&E: FMTV A2 airdrop tests prove successful, with more to follow

By Dominic Minadeo / February 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The Army put a cargo truck variant from its Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles through a series of airdrop tests in fiscal year 2024 that certified it as "operationally effective and suitable," the Defense Department's chief weapons tester found. The testing of the low-velocity airdrop variant, the MTV LVAD cargo truck, involved three drop events from the Air Force’s C-17 cargo aircraft and C-130 transport aircraft, which spanned from November 2023 through February 2024, according to a FY-24 annual report...

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