US Army accelerates NGCV, planning draft RFP for October and two EMD awards next year

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Army Secretary Mike Esper has directed the service to accelerate the Next Generation Combat Vehicle program, establishing a two-pronged project to immediately launch a major competition to replace the Bradley fleet with NGCV optionally manned fighting vehicles, while also establishing an NGCV robotic combat vehicle project to mature technologies for future platforms. To help finance this new 3,600-vehicle program -- enough for 20 brigades worth of Bradley fighting vehicles -- the Army is terminating the planned Bradley A5 upgrade program...


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