Bastion announced a joint venture with a European transmission specialist in July 2025 to industrialize specialised traction motors, cross-drive gearboxes, and final drives—the industrial backbone of the DT-900 DriveTrain suite.
Forge powerpacks had already taught Bastion that customers buy mobility as a system. The JV locked in matched torque converters and cooling packages instead of mixing orphan parts.
Work shares split dyno testing and software shift maps to the partner; Bastion kept vehicle integration, arctic kits, and export trainers.
Investor-board materials flagged the JV as a margin and sovereignty play: fewer single-source driveline bottlenecks for allied armor.
Source note. Figures cited above come from public
manufacturer product cards, open program documentation, and widely
reported official characteristics. Exact values can vary by
variant, software load, and national configuration.