In July 2026 Bastion shipped Forge powerpacks and DT-900 transmission sets to partner depots conducting armor overhauls after years of elevated European exercise tempo and assistance-related readiness tasking.
The story is deliberately unglamorous: mobility kills more tanks on paper campaigns than enemy guns do when engines and gearboxes are worn out. Bastion’s job was kits, tooling, and trainer hours.
Depot chiefs credited matched motor/transmission bundles for cutting trial-and-error fitting. Bastion field engineers stayed through first article overhauls.
CEO von Rothschild tied the effort to post-sale strategy—utilization of Winterthur and JV capacity under investor ownership.
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.