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Defense News - United States |
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Saturday
, February 12, 2011, 00:42 PM |
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Army displays hybrid combat vehicles CERV and FTTS at Chicago
Auto Show. |
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Two
hybrid-powered combat vehicles CERV
and FTTS
that offer both fuel economy and stealth are on display
at the U.S. Army booth at the 2011 Chicago Auto Show, which
opened its 10-day run Friday February 11, 2011.
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The Quantum Technologies Clandestine Extended Range Vehicle,
CERV,
and the Future Tactical Truck System, FTTS, represent
the Army's next generation joint light tactical vehicles
and high performance light duty off-road hybrid trucks.
Capable of carrying three soldiers with gear, the CERV
will be used for special operations-type missions requiring
stealth, reconnaissance, surveillance, targeting, search
and rescue, and field rescues.
With a second generation advanced all-wheel-drive diesel
hybrid electric power-train, designers say the CERV
reduces fuel consumption by 25 percent, thus reducing
the number of resupply vehicles needed during military
operations.
Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc., a publicly
traded company based in Irvine, California, said Wednesday
that the CERV's Q-Force hybrid drive system has been optimized
for use with an efficient diesel (JP8) engine.
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The
hybrid FTTS
Future Tactical Truck System was designed to replace the
existing wheeled vehicle fleet that proved unable to keep
up with current combat operational tempo due to its cumbersome
logistical footprint, poor deployability in C-130 aircraft
and poor fuel economy, the Army said in a statement Thursday.
Foremost in the design of the FTTS
was fuel efficiency, since experts determined that 70 percent
of battlefield logistics involves providing fuel. |
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