LANGLEY, British Columbia, Oct 19 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Kinetics Drive Solutions (Kinetics), has been selected as a subcontractor to Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) to enter into the Production and Deployment Phase of the U.S. Marine Corps’ Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) Survivability Upgrade (SU) program. SAIC was awarded an initial Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) option to provide the Marine Corps with additional AAV SU vehicles, which will be the first combat vehicle equipped with Kinetics’ state-of-the-art infinitely variable transmission.
Through this collaboration with SAIC, Kinetics’ specially designed MD500 marine drive power-take-off and the InfiniDrive HMX3000 transmissions will provide the Marine Corps with a mobility solution that greatly improves both land and water mobility of the better-protected AAV SU vehicle. The infinitely variable nature of the transmission allows the track speed to be optimized independent of engine speed – a superior feature for transition from water to land. When in water, the transmission is disconnected enabling the MD500 to provide the AAV SU with the maximum power at the water jets for fast ship-to-shore operation.
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