Survivability enhancements include replacing the angled Enhanced Applique Armor Kit with 49 advanced buoyant ceramic armor panels, a bonded spall liner, and armor-protected external fuel tanks, all developed by Armatec Survivability,[7] as well as a 2.25 in (5.7 cm)-thick aluminum armor underbelly providing MRAP-equivalent blast protection with 18 blast mitigating seats in an alternating high and low pattern with elevated foot stands.