Innovation & Partnership Powering New Bradley, Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV)

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

While primarily known for medium tactical vehicles such as the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle and blast-deflecting MRAP-All Terrain Vehicle, Oshkosh Defense is now powered up with a special team geared toward heavy combat.

Oshkosh: Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle 

Oshkosh is one of five major contractors now under Army contract to build the new Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle, a future infantry carrier to replace the Bradley and propel mechanized armor combat into a new era of lethality and major power competition.

Oshkosh certainly has history with integrated weapons, add-on armor kits and advanced vehicle technologies such as fuel-efficient engines, next generation sensors, weapons interfaces and advanced on-board computing.

As far back as 15-years ago, Oshkosh was working on innovations intended to add “bolt-on” armor kits to the cab sections of its Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck to build in options for commanders depending upon the threat conditions of a particular mission.

Part of Oshkosh’s OMFV strategy has been to assemble a team of vendors with specific expertise in certain areas such as Pratt & Miller, Rafael and QinetiQ, among others. The Oshkosh OMFV offering also includes the use of the Northrop Grumman Bushmaster XM813 30mm cannon.