There's a huge commercial infrastructure for electric drive for vehicles and manufacturing plants, which represents billions of dollars in investment that navies can leverage.
Both fully electric vehicles and hybrid-electric contenders will be considered for program.
Partnerships with outside industry are a cornerstone of the kingdom’s ambitious growth strategy.
“We believe that GA is going to pioneer a completely new way to propel airborne air breathing [vehicles]," said Mike Atwood, the firm’s senior director of advanced programs.
Battery research programs at the Army's Ground Vehicle System Center will help the Army's transition to hybrid and electric vehicles allowing quieter, longer duration operations.
In an interview with Breaking Defense, AM General CEO Jim Cannon said that the company will display the vehicle at an exhibition "soon."
"If you look at 2035 to field something hybrid, ... the technology is kind of there now," said Michael Cadieux, director of the Army's Ground Vehicles Systems Center.
On today’s battlefield, mobility isn’t optional - it’s mission-critical.
The strategy pushes the service to significantly reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 2035, and train soldiers to climate-ravaged combat zones.
Oshkosh's current major customers, the Army and the Marines, haven't asked for an electric hybrid JLTV, but the company said the ones they have can be retrofitted "easily."
"I think once the benefits of it are seen ... the norms will change and we'll see good uptake there," Tom Arseneault said.
“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.
The MQ-9B and Gambit Series represent parallel capabilities that address global challenges for security head-on.
The US Navy answers questions about its roadmap for employing electric and battery power for lasers, radars, and propulsion over the next two decades.
The American subsidiary wants to give the Army and primes a "one point of contact" for vehicle propulsion.
Power and energy are becoming mission enablers to support the increasing electric-load demands of modern combatant ships, especially in the areas of advanced radar and other electronic systems, as well as directed energy weapons.
The Light Reconnaissance Vehicle, an off-road truck to scout ahead of airborne and light infantry units, could lead the Army’s move to electric motors. But electrifying heavy cargo trucks, let alone tanks, could take decades.