An upcoming Initial Operational Test and Evaluation event will help service leaders determine just what near-term and long-term changes they want to make to the light tank.
By Ashley RoqueMilitary innovation and savings: Go commercial
DoD uses FAR Part 12 acquisitions to save hundreds of millions of dollars in “of a type” systems like civil landing systems with applicability to military aircraft.
Soldiers will begin receiving the Strykers outfitted with 30mm cannons next fall, or roughly nine months to a year later than initially anticipated.
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“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?”
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“Expect to see as the [program manager] comes out with the acquisition strategy, a lot of competition investments,” said Army Under Secretary Gabe Camarillo.
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“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.
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Each company is now tasked with building and delivering two RCV-Ls to the Army by August 2024.
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