M1288 GMV 1.1

The M1288 GMV 1.1 is a light utility vehicle built for the United States Special Operations Command and based on the General Dynamics Flyer 72. It was bought to replace the Humvee-based Ground Mobility Vehicle that special operations units had been using. The 2012 request for proposals asked for a vehicle that was lighter, faster and easier to move by air, sea and land than a converted Humvee, with next generation communications and computing equipment. Competing designs came from Northrop Grumman, AM General, HDT Global, Oshkosh, Navistar and General Dynamics, and General Dynamics was chosen in August 2013 for a contract potentially worth 562 million dollars, to replace about 1,092 older vehicles. Protests and a lawsuit from AM General and Navistar were denied or rejected before work resumed. In 2018 the Army ordered a limited number through the same programme as the M1297 Army Ground Mobility Vehicle, and the United Arab Emirates military has reportedly used the vehicle in an armoured personnel carrier configuration since March 2022.