BAE Systems has submitted a bid for a contract to supply the U.S. army with the OMFV (Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle) as a replacement of its M2A3 Bradley IFV. General Dynamics and Rheinmetall (in partnership with Raytheon, L3Harris, and Allison Transmission) are also competing for this tender. According to the Telegraph newspaper, the contract could be worth as much as $45bn
Rather than submitting finalized designs, the U.S. Army is asking the competitors to submit concepts for the new vehicle (but with following some requirements), inviting them to be imaginative and utilize technology. In the framework of its OMFV (Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle) program, the U.S. Army has indeed requested that the new vehicle should have a crew of a maximum of two and be able to carry out some missions while being controlled remotely.....MORE
