The U.S. Army opens up detailed design and prototyping phases of the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle competition releasing a request for proposals to industry.
Lawmakers want the Army to evaluate the possibility of running a pilot program examining how electric vehicles might operate on the battlefield at a training center, according to the House Armed Services Tactical Air and Land Subcommittee fiscal 2023 authorization bill mark.
The Bradley vehicle is already pushed to the maximum when it comes to using power to support everything from running the vehicle to controlling its payloads.
Much of what the Army is seeking in the upcoming detailed design phase for the optionally manned fighting vehicle was not made public on the U.S. government’s contracting website, with documents marked as “controlled unclassified information” in previous draft requests for proposals.