The Army has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems a $230 million contract to build 50 Stryker Double V-Hull A1 vehicles, a recent Pentagon announcement says, despite the service's previous call to stop procurement.

Army Contracting Command at Detroit Arsenal, MI, drew up the fixed-price-incentive contract. Work should last through June 2028, according to the May 15 announcement. 

The Army in its fiscal year 2026 budget proposal pledged to halt future Stryker DVH A1 buys under the Stryker Upgrade program, pointing to force-structure changes and the Army Transformation Initiative to explain the procurement freeze.  

Congressional authorizers, however, responded by adding $230 million “for procurement of Army wheeled combat vehicles” in spending tables accompanying reconciliation spending in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Lawmakers specifically directed the Army to buy “additional A1 vehicles” to finish fielding the 6th Stryker brigade.   

A Stryker future investment report, obtained by Inside Defense in November, confirmed a 2025 change in requirement for five DVH A1 SBCTs in the active component and a sixth DVH A0 SBCT “in the active component by FY-29.”

It’s not clear where the 50 new vehicles will be fielded. The Army, in its spending plan submitted to Congress under reconciliation, mentions fielding for the 4th and 5th DVH A1 Stryker Brigade Combat Teams and the 3rd and 4th Double-V Hull Infantry Carrier Vehicle (ICVVA1) brigades -- but it doesn’t mention fielding DVH A1s to the 6th SBCT, where authorizers intended the funds to go.

A spokesperson for ACC-DTA did not reply to questions from Inside Defense.

Congressional appropriators eventually knocked down Stryker Upgrade funding to $29 million in FY-26 discretionary spending in their enacted bill -- down from $136 million the service had requested.

The Army has asked for $46 million for the Stryker Upgrade program in its FY-27 submission.