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Army Plans New Effort To Outfit ISVs With Mobile C2 Capabilities

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, March 30th, 2026

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Army Plans New Effort To Outfit ISVs With Mobile C2 Capabilities

Paratroopers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, ride in an Infantry Squad Vehicle during Falcon Avalanche at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, Feb. 6, 2025. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Devyn Adams)

The Army is pursuing a new effort to outfit Infantry Squad Vehicles with “innovative solutions” to enable command and control on the move. The effort was driven by units’ requests to integrate C2 systems on GM Defense [GM]-built ISVs over Humvees, according to the service, which has detailed a rapid prototyping effort that will include receiving prototypes four months after awards are made. “The C2 systems shall be integrated in such a way that they may be dismounted from the…

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