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Wednesday, November 5, 2008

News: Blackwater Closes Vehicles Division, Lays Off Employees

Filed under: News — Tags: armored vehicles, Blackwater, Grizzly, JLTV — Matt @ 1:11 AM

The Grizzly

The Grizzly JLTV.

Blackwater Closes Vehicles Division, Lays Off Employees

By kris osborn

Published: 3 Nov

Blackwater USA has closed its vehicle operation after unsuccessfully bidding for contracts to build Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV) and Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles, company officials said Nov. 2.

The Grizzly was a candidate for JLTV contracts.

The Moyock, N.C., firm will lay off an unspecified number of employees of the vehicles division, Blackwater spokeswoman Anne Tyrell said in a written statement.

“We built some great trucks that will be used to protect our own people abroad. But with no JLTV award, we couldn’t keep the entire operation going. The company will continue to develop and manufacture target systems, as we always have,” Tyrell said.

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Saturday, May 24, 2008

Industry Talk: Blackwater and Raytheon Join Forces For Grizzly Vehicle

Filed under: Industry Talk — Tags: Blackwater, Grizzly Vehicle, JLTV, Raytheon — Matt @ 11:02 AM

Interesting partnership. I have yet to check this vehicle out in the field, and most of my experience is with older armored vehicles like the Mamba. I look forward to what the market can produce. And when it comes to vehicles like this, I like the words ‘fast and safe’ in the same sentence. Now if they can put ‘fuel efficient’ in that sentence, now we are talking. On a side note, the true test is the air conditioning unit and how dependable that will be. If any of the engineers are reading this, it better be ice cold….I mean sweater weather in that thing. LOL. -Head Jundi

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Blackwater, Raytheon Pitch JLTV Candidate
By kris osborn
22 May 19:27

Blackwater USA and Raytheon unveiled a prototype six-passenger Joint Light Tactical Vehicle at the U.S. Special Operations Industry Conference in Tampa, Fla., on May 21, revealing their teamed-up effort to build a survivable, mobile next-generation Humvee.

The Raytheon-Blackwater JLTV Grizzly MK VII. (Blackwater USA photo) “Our vehicle will go faster and carry more weight safely than any other JLTV,” said Blackwater USA Vice President Bill Mathews. “With Raytheon being the integrator for so many ground vehicles for C4ISR, our JLTV will have the technological equivalent of an F-18 cockpit.”

The Blackwater-Raytheon partnership aims to combine the fast, off-road vehicle expertise with the systems integration and C4ISR abilities of Raytheon. (more…)

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