US Army set to receive first ISV-U-mounted Scorpion Light mortar
A live-fire demonstration with a Scorpion Light mortar system. (Photo: US Army)
Global Military Products will begin deliveries next week under a US$12.9 million agreement covering digitally enabled 81mm mortar systems, vehicle integration and army fire-control technology.
Global Military Products (GMP) has confirmed to Shephard that it will deliver the first Scorpion Light mobile mortar system integrated onto the next-generation Infantry Squad Vehicle–Utility (ISV-U) platform to the US Army in the week starting 7 September.
The procurement and integration of an undisclosed number of autonomous, digitally enabled 81mm mortar systems with ISV-Us are covered by a US$12.9 million Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreement announced by the company on 3 September.
Awarded through the US Department of Defense Ordnance Technology Consortium (DOTC) framework, the agreement also funds the integration of Scorpion Light with US Army digital fire-control technologies and government-furnished
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