After slight delay, Army approves XM30 Milestone B
The decision comes after critical design reviews of both the American Rheinmetall and General Dynamics Land Systems plans.
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Army to cancel planned Robotic Combat Vehicle award, pause howitzer competition: Sources
A day after the service unveiled a massive shake up, a two-star general’s email sheds light on additional ground combat vehicle cuts and plans to accelerate work on a Bradley replacement and future Abrams tank.
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General Dynamics debuts Pandur 6×6 SHORAD variant
Moog’s Reconfigurable Integrated-weapons Platform turret was added to the 6×6 vehicle following a US Army pre-solicitation last year.
Army taps Textron’s Ripsaw M3 for Robotic Combat Vehicle program, sources say
If the service’s previous RCV plans hold true, the company will begin finalizing designs ahead of additional prototype deliveries next year.
Industry readies for Army’s robotic mule S-MET Increment II prototyping competition
“The baseline program, so far, [is] going well. It’s a building block,” Doug Bush, the head of Army acquisition, said. But for the next iteration, “What else can you do with that chassis? Weapons? Sensors?”
For the Army’s homecoming, GDLS comes out of the huddle with the StrykerQB
“What’s in a name? A quarterback of the battlefield is what we’re trying to portray or visualize,” Scott Taylor, the GDLS director of US business development, told Breaking Defense.
Army taps 4 teams to build new Robotic Combat Vehicle-Light prototypes
Each company is now tasked with building and delivering two RCV-Ls to the Army by August 2024.
US Army awards contract to GDLS for more M10 combat vehicles
General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) announced last week that it was awarded a $257.6 million U.S. Army contract modification for the second phase of M10 Booker Low Rate Initial Production of the newly named M10 Booker Combat Vehicle, formerly known as…