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Army RCCTO Has Completed Testing With Hybrid-Electric Bradley Prototypes

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Army RCCTO Has Completed Testing With Hybrid-Electric Bradley Prototypes
A Bradley Fighting Vehicle crew with 1st Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, Texas, drives to an objective during Iron Union 18-6 in the United Arab Emirates, Jan. 23, 2018. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Thomas X. Crough, U.S. ARCENT PAO)

The Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) has completed testing with its two hybrid-electric Bradley vehicle prototypes, with the office’s leader adding the effort has yielded “good data.” Lt. Gen. Robert Rasch, the RCCTO director, told attendees at the Space and Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama earlier this month the Army is now analyzing the results of the demonstration and will use the data to inform further hybrid-electric prototyping opportunities. “This isn’t about [going] green. This is…

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