Regardless of whether it launches and operates drones, dispatches infantry into incoming enemy fire for a straight ahead “close with the enemy” assault or maenevers into mechanized armor attack positions, the new Army Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle will introduce new levels of robotics, sensing, targeting and networking technologies.
Leaders of the Army’s emerging OMFV infantry carrier say the platform will function as both a robotic platform as well as a manned armored vehicle as dictated or required by mission demands. The vehicle is now entering a new digital design phase and is slated to begin production in 2027.
OMFV Teams
Following an intense and very large competition, the Army’s Next Generation Combat Vehicles Cross Functional Team has decided upon five vehicle-builders to surge into the next developmental phase and build and deliver digital designs of the OMFVs to the Army.
The new platform, part of the Army’s emerging family of Next-Generation Combat Vehicles, seeks to incorporate the service’s new vision for modern Combined Arms Maneuver. New weapons and sensing precision and ranges coupled with advanced electronics and engineering are expected to deliver a faster, lighter-weight, more lethal and much better networked vehicle than the Bradley Fighting Vehicle it is replacing.
