Team LionStrike, a partnership comprising GM Defense, NP Aerospace and BAE Systems, officially launched the General Support Utility Platform (GSUP) as its contender for the UK’s upcoming Light Mobility Vehicle (LMV) programme at the DSEI 2025 defence exhibition in London on 10 September 2025.
The GSUP is based on GM’s Chevrolet S10 Work Truck, while NP Aerospace is the team’s proposed UK-based design authority, specialist integrator and support provider, with BAE Systems providing the industrial scale required to deliver thousands of vehicles to UK requirements.
According to a joint Team LionStrike press release, the GSUP “is a rugged, high-performance, multi-mission vehicle designed for rapid configuration and deployment across a range of operational scenarios – delivering mobility, payload, capacity and flexibility”.
The GSUP, which has a gross vehicle weight of 3,500 kg and a payload capacity of up to 1,339 kg, is equipped with Norwegian firm STORM Vanguard’s modular Rapid Adapt and Deploy System (RADS), described as “a game-changing modular system offering”, and features generic vehicle architecture communication systems integration provided by UK company Ultra PCS.
“Our objective with Team LionStrike is to support the UK Ministry of Defence’s goal of rapidly modernising its ground vehicle fleet, providing soldiers the best tools to perform their mission,” Steve duMont, president of GM Defense, was quoted as saying in the Team LionStrike press release. “Vehicles like our General Support Utility Platform and our flagship Infantry Squad Vehicle are designed to deliver major advancements in operational capability and performance, along with unmatched safety and reliability.”
Part of the UK Ministry of Defence’s overall Land Mobility Programme, the LMV requirement is intended to replace the British Army’s legacy Land Rover and Pinzgauer vehicles, which are due to be retired by 2030.
