GM Defense Canada is building new vehicles for the Canadian Armed Forces.

GM Defence Canada, a subsidiary of GM Defense, which is part of General Motors, has been awarded $35.8 million to build 90 light tactical vehicles (LTVs) with an option to procure up to an additional 18 LTVs.

The company will also provide training, technical manuals and additional vehicle content sourced from Canadian companies.

“We are providing this critical capability to the Canadian Armed Forces within a timeline that meets their urgent operational requirement,” said Steve duMont, president of GM Defense, in a news release. “We see this contract award as the beginning of a long strategic partnership with the Canadian Armed Forces to provide enhanced tactical mobility for soldiers today, and into the future. As we further expand into Canada and with other allied nations around the world, we will continue to leverage the vast resources of General Motors to ensure our global defense and government customers have the best capability to accomplish their mission.”

GM Defense’s LTVs are based on the architecture of the Chevrolet Colorado ZR2, and include many commercial-off-the-shelf parts, including performance components for enhanced off-road capability, GM Defense said.

The LTVs weigh less than 2,232 kilograms (5,000 pounds) and are said to be light and agile tactical vehicles with air transportability, as well as easy to maintain with parts that can be accessed through GM’s global supply chain.

The vehicles are a new variant of LTVs currently fielded by the U.S. Army.