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Army Should Have Prototypes For Next-Gen Combat Vehicle By 2022

Tuesday, October 10th, 2017

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Army Should Have Prototypes For Next-Gen Combat Vehicle By 2022

Major General Eric Wesley, commader of the Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Benning, Ga. Photo: U.S. Army.

The Army is looking to develop a new combat vehicle that incorporates s five key enabling technologies: a vehicle protection suite, directed energy and energetics, power management, advanced armor and robotics/autonomous systems.The Army has established an integrated concept development team that is figuring out the requirements for the Next-Generation Combat Vehicle (NGCV). The service expects to build two technology demonstrators by fiscal year 2022.Previously, Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley laid out the basics of new technologies the Army is…

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