[3] In 2010, Federal Defense Industries announced that they entered into an agreement with Textron Marine & Land Systems in order to provide authorized aftermarket parts, support and other types of assistance for the Stingray since FDI maintains a technical library for spare parts.

[9] In 2011, Napco entered into an agreement with Textron to provide authorized aftermarket parts, support and other types of assistance for the Stingray.

[13] In 1992, the U.S. Army solicited bids for a successor to the M551 Sheridan light tank under the Armored Gun System competition.

Cadillac Gage Textron submitted a lengthened hull Commando Stingray with the U.S. Marine Corps LAV-105 turret.

Propulsion was provided by a Detroit Diesel 6V92 DDEC TA engine developing 550 hp (410 kW) at 2300 rpm with a General Electric HMPT-500-3 transmission.

[16] Cadloy steel armor protected the vehicle from 14.5 mm machine gun fire over the frontal arc in its base configuration.

[20] The light tank's baseline armor protects its occupants from armor-piercing, heavy machine gun rounds up to 14.5 mm in size.

[3] The Stingray's main armament is a low recoil force (LRF) version of the British Royal Ordnance L7 105 mm rifled gun installed in a well-angled and electro-hydraulically powered turret having manual backup as is usually found on tanks.

[3] The optic system for the gunner is composed of a stabilized Hughes HIRE day/thermal night sight together with a laser rangefinder.

[21] The main improvements offered in the Stingray II are a more capable digital fire-control system (from the M1A1 Abrams).

[21] The Stingray II also improves the armor to provide protection from 23 mm rounds over the frontal arc and side skirts.