Army awards GDLS $327M for Stryker upgrades

The Army has awarded a total of $327.2 million in contract modifications to General Dynamics Land Systems to upgrade 146 flat-bottom Strykers with the Double-V Hull, scheduled for completion March 31, 2020.

GDLS will upgrade 116 Strykers using $258.6 million in fiscal year 2018 funds, awarded this month, and 30 Strykers using $68.6 million in FY-17 funds, awarded in March.

The Army intends to upgrade all of its Strykers with the Double-V Hull, but House and Senate lawmakers have questioned the feasibility of that plan. In their version of the FY-19 spending bill, House appropriators grant the Army an increase in addition to the requested FY-19 realignments, but ask the secretary for a clear funding strategy.