M1301 infantry squad vehicle

The M1301 Infantry Squad Vehicle is a light, air-transportable utility vehicle that the United States Army selected in 2020 to move an infantry squad of nine soldiers. It is based on the Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 pickup platform, uses about 90 percent commercial off-the-shelf parts, has a doorless body-on-frame layout with a roll-over protection structure, and is powered by a 2.8 litre Duramax turbodiesel four-cylinder engine with a six-speed automatic transmission. The requirement was that it can be carried under a UH-60 Black Hawk, inside a CH-47 Chinook, and air-dropped from a C-130 or C-17. In June 2020 the Army awarded GM Defense and Ricardo a contract to build the first 649 vehicles, and it was meant to augment the stop-gap M1297 Army Ground Mobility Vehicle.