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Army Opens Search For New Kit To Remotely Control Assault Breacher Vehicles

Army Opens Search For New Kit To Remotely Control Assault Breacher Vehicles
An U.S. Army assault breacher vehicle of 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division prepares to plow through a simulated mine field during exercise Combined Resolve III at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Oct. 24, 2014. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Tyler Kingsbury/Released)

The Army is soliciting industry’s ability to deliver a future teleoperation kit to enable soldiers to remotely operate its Assault Breacher Vehicles (ABV), with plans to award prototype deals in fiscal year 2022. A production contract for the ABV Remote Control System (RCS) is expected to be awarded at the end of FY ‘25, according to a new Request for Information notice. “The purpose of the RCS is to offset soldiers from the dangerous breach activity completed by the ABV.…

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