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Army

Army Has No Plans To Adjust Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle Requirements

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, September 4th, 2019

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Army Has No Plans To Adjust Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle Requirements

Brig. Gen. Ross Coffman, director of the Army's Next-Generation Combat Vehicle cross-functional team.

The leader of the Army’s team to deliver its next-generation combat vehicles (NGCV) said the service has no plans to adjust the requirements for its Bradley-replacing Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle program as several vendors have opted to sit out of the competition. Brig. Gen. Ross Coffman, director of the NGCV Cross-Functional Team, told attendees at Wednesday’s Defense News conference that as the Army readies to accept proposals in October for OMFV’s prototype phase officials are reiterating that competition will reopen…

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