Protection levels, mobility and supporting a vehicle fleet in service
Military vehicle requirements balance three properties that trade directly against one another: protection, mobility and payload. Buyers state protection against defined threat levels tested to recognised standards, mobility in terms of gradient, side slope, fording, range and terrain, and payload in terms of what must be carried in addition to the crew. A bidder can usually meet any two comfortably; the competition is won on the compromise, and on how much growth margin remains for armour and equipment added later in life.
Evaluation is by trial rather than by document. Shortlisted vehicles go through mobility trials over representative terrain, reliability running to accumulate mileage, human factors assessment with soldiers in full equipment, and where applicable live protection testing against the stated threats. Those trials are long and expensive for both sides, which is why the field is narrowed on paper first and why the cost of bidding shapes who participates.
Support is the larger commitment. Fleets stay in service for decades, so buyers assess spares provisioning, repair at each level from unit to depot, technical publications and training, obsolescence management for electronics with far shorter lives than the hull, and the rights to technical data that determine whether anyone other than the manufacturer can maintain and upgrade the vehicle. Local assembly, technology transfer and industrial participation obligations are common and are frequently scored alongside the technical offer.
This section describes how this category is bought generally, across the public buyers that publish it. The figures elsewhere on this page are measured for this market alone.
Who buys military vehicles in United States?
GlobalGov holds 2,471 military vehicles records from 250 distinct buying organisations in United States. The most frequent publishers are DLA Aviation (388 records); DLA Land and Maritime (260 records); DLA Land and Maritime (246 records); W6QM MICC-Ft Drum (143 records); DLA Troop Support (73 records); Aviation Logistics Center (ALC) (70 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 48% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| DLA Aviation | 388 | 16% |
| DLA Land and Maritime | 260 | 11% |
| DLA Land and Maritime | 246 | 10.0% |
| W6QM MICC-Ft Drum | 143 | 5.8% |
| DLA Troop Support | 73 | 3.0% |
| Aviation Logistics Center (ALC) | 70 | 2.8% |
What are military vehicles contracts worth in United States?
451 of the 2,471 records publish a contract value. The median is $350,000 and the largest single published value is $20.2B. By size, 156 under $100k, 159 between $100k and $1M, 35 between $1M and $10M, 101 above $10M. The remaining 2,020 publish no value at all, so every figure here describes the priced subset only, and values are as stated by the buyer rather than as finally awarded.
| Contract size | Records | Share of priced |
|---|---|---|
| under $100k | 156 | 35% |
| between $100k and $1M | 159 | 35% |
| between $1M and $10M | 35 | 7.8% |
| above $10M | 101 | 22% |
How long do bidders get to respond to military vehicles tenders in United States?
Across the 2,343 United States military vehicles notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 14 days. A quarter of them allowed 8 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 15. 1,098 of them (47%) closed within a fortnight of being published, so on this market a bidder who reviews notices once a week can lose most of the response window before reading one.
How often are military vehicles tenders published in United States?
United States publishes about 189 notices a month in this category, 2,266 in the last twelve months. That is 1411% more than the 150 published in the twelve months before that. Over the last three years there were 2,420, spread across 48 separate months of activity since 17 April 2008. April is historically the busiest month. The most recent was published 30 September 2026.
How does United States compare with other military vehicles markets?
Among the 8 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable military vehicles market, United States ranks 1st by number of records. No other country in the corpus publishes more of it. Within United States itself, military vehicles is the 17th largest of the 85 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the United States military vehicles records on this page come from?
These 2,471 records are collected from 4 official sources: SAM.gov (2,356), USAspending (72), Grants.gov (42), Simpler.Grants.gov (1). GlobalGov is an independent aggregator and is not affiliated with any of them; each record links back to the notice on its issuing portal. The set is rebuilt nightly, and the counts on this page were taken on 2026-10-01.
Open Military Vehicles tenders in United States
Showing 6 of the 92 notices open in this category today. Openness uses the same definition as the United States market page: active, not marked awarded, cancelled, closed or expired, and either closing in the future or published within the last 90 days with no stated closing date.
FY26 Houston Ship Channel, Texas Bayport Flare Hopper Dredging
Request for Proposal for Project Manager Mounted Armored Vehicle Logistic Fielding Support Services
Control Box, Electrical / NSN 1660-01-323-5309 / F16 Aircraft
Turbine, Aircraft, Co
Houston Ship Channel, Texas, Placement Area 14 Dike Raise
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