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Army Selects GD, QinetiQ And Textron To Submit RCV-Medium Prototype Proposals

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, November 1st, 2019

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Army Selects GD, QinetiQ And Textron To Submit RCV-Medium Prototype Proposals

Textron Systems, Howe & Howe, and FLIR's Ripsaw M5. Photo: Matthew Beinart.

The Army has selected three vendors to move forward in its Robotic Combat Vehicle-Medium program, with each having the opportunity to submit vehicle proposals, as the service plans to award a contract to deliver prototypes next spring. The National Advanced Mobility Consortium said Friday that General Dynamics [GD], QinetiQ NA and Textron [TXT] had successful white papers and will be issued requests for prototype proposals (RPP). Several companies brought potential RCV offerings to the recent Association of the United States…

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