Related: Army eyes communications, embedded computing, and electronic warfare upgrades for M1A2 main battle tank The CITV provides the crew with a hunter-killer capability that enables the M1A2 SEP V2 to acquire targets 45 percent faster and hand off targets 50 to 75 percent faster than the older-model M1A1 tank, which improves its ability to hit evasive targets on the first shot.

The M1A2 SEP V2 tank, the Army’s premier ground combat system, also has advanced thermal sights and commander’s independent thermal viewer (CITV). The tank's general-purpose processor (GPP) is designed to accept two on-board mezzanine modules in one VME slot, and allows for improved crew operations and vehicle diagnostics.

Among the tank's suppliers is GE Intelligent Platforms in Huntsville, Ala., which provides graphics and communications embedded computing, as well as and rugged commercial off-the-shelf (R-COTS) processors. Related: Army finalizes $395 million contract to General Dynamics to upgrade M1A2 tank vetronicsīuilding advanced Abrams tanks helps support about 882 industry suppliers, General Dynamics officials say. and Tallahassee, Fla., and should be finished by the end of next year. General Dynamics will do work on the contract in Lima, Ohio Scranton, Pa. Officials of the Army Contract Command in Warren, Mich., awarded the contract on behalf of the Army TACOM Lifecycle Management Command (LCMC). The networked tank has an electronic backbone, improved processors, high-resolution color displays, increased memory capacity, a day and night forward-looking infrared (FLIR) sighting system, auxiliary power, a tank-infantry phone, and an open architecture designed to accommodate future upgrades without redesigns. The M1A2 SEP V2 is considered to be one of the most technologically advanced and most survivable digital tank available worldwide. Armored combat vehicle designers at General Dynamics Land Systems in Sterling Heights, Mich., will build 12 M1A2 Abrams System Enhanced Package (SEP) Version 2 (V2) main battle tanks with digital vetronics under terms of a $72.7 million contract modification announced Friday from the U.S. 2015 as a result of the company's acquisition last September by New York-based private equity firm Veritas Capital. Editor's note: GE Intelligent Platforms changed its name to Abaco Systems on 23 Nov.

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