Allison Transmission receives $83.3M contract to support Abrams Tank variants

Allison Transmission received an $83.3M contract to provide upgraded and new X1100 transmissions supporting Abrams Main Battle Tank variants used by the U.S. Army and Foreign Military Sales customers. “Allison is proud to be part of the world’s premier main battle tank supporting the U.S. Army and our close partners. We look forward to continued support of these customers in the decades to come,” said Dana Pittard, Vice President for Defense Programs at Allison Transmission. Allison will deliver upgraded and new transmissions to meet performance demands of the Abrams tank. The Allison upgrade program combines new content with existing customer hardware to provide a zero-mileage transmission to support the Abrams System Enhancement Package version 3 tanks at significant customer savings. Deliveries under this contract begin in January 2024 and continue through December 2024.