The service has sent hundreds of ground combat vehicles to Ukraine since February 2022, and Maj. Gen. Glenn Dean warned that “sustainment challenges” abound without additional dollars.
By Ashley RoqueROC-X – The solution to organic precision strike capabilities
At AUSA Global Force 2024, IAI will present integrated, AI-driven combat systems – both manned and unmanned – that are opening new opportunities on the battlefield.
Soldier feedback “is going to be absolutely essential and will give Congress and the taxpayers more confidence that what we are developing to deliver the warfighters is what they actually need,” Brig. Gen. Geoffrey Norman said of the XM30.
By Flavia Camargos Pereira
“While we are disappointed with the result, we remain focused on producing quality vehicles and expanded capabilities for soldiers,” said a spokesperson for BAE Systems, among the competitors not chosen to move forward.
By Ashley Roque The service announced that the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) program will now be called the XM30 Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle, and revealed new details about its basic design.
By Ashley Roque Twenty-five more combat vehicles and an unspecified amount of munitions have been earmarked for Ukraine.
By Ashley Roque “We’re going to keep all options on the table,” Pentagon press secretary said when asked if M1 Abrams tanks could also be bound for Kyiv in the near future.
By Ashley Roque
As the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle enters phases three and four, a senior Army official details some requirements but says the service is flexible.
By Andrew Eversden
Enterprise-wide training: the Army’s $3.5B program for multi-service combat readiness
The competition for Warfighter Training and Readiness Solutions will bring together training networks, combat training centers and live ranges across the DoD enterprise.
With the release of the Pentagon’s FY23 budget request likely only a month or so away, defense experts offered their best guesses about what programs might be on the chopping block.
By Valerie Insinna “If this works, we would use this kind of technology and apply it as we look at our requirements for other vehicles in the future,” said Stan Darbro, deputy director of the Army RCCTO.
By Andrew Eversden
If there’s one thing that Army leadership agrees upon, it’s the need for improved survivability of soldiers and machines against modern anti-tank weapons like the Russian Kornet and Chinese HJ-8 guided missiles, as well as Russia’s tandem warhead RPG-29 rocket propelled grenade that can bore a hole into a tank with a molten jet of metal.
By Breaking Defense Staff
The Army’s Next Generation Combat Vehicle (NGCV) program has ambitious goals that will require development of new technological capability that ranges from autonomous operations to advanced materials.
By Breaking Defense Staff
Good news: That’s more money than the Army thought it could get for its top priorities. Bad news: We won’t see most of it this year.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.Washington: The Army’s Ground Combat Vehicle is not out of the woods yet, and could still be scrapped for a more affordable option if costs get out of control, the service’s top program official said today. If program costs exceed the $10.5 million price tag per vehicle the Army is expecting for the GCV, then…
By Carlo Munoz
If the Army wants to get its Big Six right, it must talk, and talk and talk with Congress and the press and industry. And be ready to drop failures.
By James Tinsley and Hamilton Cook