Futuristic, Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) Taking Shape

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By Kris Osborn – President & Editor-In-Chief, Warrior Maven

The Army is surging into the build prototype phase of its emerging Bradley replacement vehicle, the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle, a new platform which will transport soldiers into combat, possibly launch drones and operate autonomously on the battlefield.

Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle

Developed as part of the Army’s Next Generation Combat Vehicle program, the new infantry carrier has been amid ongoing design work with five different contractor teams working to provide the Army with an optimal solution.

“We have five companies under contract now than our, in our current, our current phase, where we’re working through digital design work,” Mr. Douglas Bush, Assistant Secretary of the Army, Acquisition, Logistics & Technology, told Warrior in an interview.

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