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General Dynamics Land Systems–Australia (GDLS-A), formerly General Motors Defence Australia, was established in October 2000, as a result of the sale of all General Motors Defense operations worldwide to General Dynamics Land Systems in March 2003. GDLS-A was established as a result of GDLS-C being awarded the Phase III contract to provide ...
General Dynamics UK is the British subsidiary of the American defence and security corporation General Dynamics. Founded in London in 1962, the company has grown to include eight sites across the United Kingdom , including in Bristol , Chippenham , Hastings , Merthyr Tydfil , Oakdale and Rotherham .
Bison and Coyote armoured vehicles. Coyotes from the 12 e Régiment blindé du Canada. The LAV II Bison and Coyote are armoured cars, or armoured personnel carriers built by General Dynamics Land Systems Canada for the Canadian Armed Forces. [1] [2] Bison vehicles have been used to a lesser extent by the Australian Army and the US National Guard.
Force Protection Europe. Website. www.gdls.com. Force Protection, Inc. was a manufacturer of ballistic- and blast-protected vehicles from the United States which have been used in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo and other hot spots around the world. The company was acquired by General Dynamics in 2011.
General Motors LAV. The Light Armoured Vehicle ( LAV) is a series of armoured vehicles built by General Dynamics Land Systems – Canada (GDLS-C), a London, Ontario -based subsidiary of General Dynamics. It is a license-produced version of the Mowag Piranha. The first generation of LAV was created by Mowag for the Armoured Vehicle General ...
The Stryker is a family of eight-wheeled armored fighting vehicles derived from the Canadian LAV III, itself derived from the Swiss Mowag Piranha. [8] Stryker vehicles are produced by General Dynamics Land Systems -Canada (GDLS-C) for the United States Army in a plant in London, Ontario. It has four-wheel drive (8×4) and can be switched to all ...
In October 2011, the Canadian government announced a $1.1 billion contract to General Dynamics Land Systems to upgrade 550 LAV III combat vehicles. The government said the upgrade was needed to improve protection against mines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs), which have been the cause of a number of Canadian deaths in Afghanistan.
SPECTRE light vehicle. SPECTRE (rebranded from JAMMA) on display at AUSA 2012. The SPECTRE is a lightweight all-terrain vehicle originally intended to replace the AM General High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle ( HMMWV) in some roles. As development of the Joint All-Terrain Modular Mobility Asset (JAMMA) vehicle (later renamed SPECTRE ...