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Army Releases Draft RFP For Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, February 1st, 2019

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Army Releases Draft RFP For Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle

General Dynamics' Griffin III. Photo Matthew Beinart

The Army is moving ahead with its Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle effort after releasing a draft request for proposals Thursday, which includes plans to award two vendors prototype development contracts in 2020. A final RFP for the program to replace its Bradleys is set to arrive in late March. “The Next Generation Combat Vehicle - Optionally Manned Fight Vehicle (NGCV-OMFV) program will procure a vehicle that provides Armor Brigade Combat Teams (ABCTs) a protected, long range, cyber resilient, precision direct…

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