Ford Going After a New Market: the Military

Ford will be rolling out three new types of F-Series trucks, but only soldiers will be driving them. The automaker has landed a Defense Department deal to build three prototype versions of a next-generation tactical truck for the US Army, drawing on its F-Series Super Duty platform, reports the Wall Street Journal. The contract puts Ford in direct competition with General Motors, whose infantry squad vehicle, built on the Silverado HD, has already entered Army testing after a 2024 debut. The GM trucks cost about $330,000 apiece.

Neither the Pentagon nor Ford offered details on when the trucks might arrive or whether the company or the government is footing the bill, notes a post at EV.com. The Journal says the vehicles "would double on the battlefield as a stealthy power bank on wheels." Ford didn't have a military contract prior to the prototype deal, and this would be its largest such contract in decades.