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Army Upgrading More Strykers To A1 Configuration, Testing AI System On Bradleys

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, June 26th, 2018

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Army Upgrading More Strykers To A1 Configuration, Testing AI System On Bradleys

Stryker Photo: U.S. Army

The Army announced upgrades Tuesday for two of its vehicles with a $258 million deal to modernize more Stryker fighting vehicles to the A1 configuration and a new prototype agreement to test artificial intelligence software on Bradley M2A3s. General Dynamics [GD] received the new contract on June 21 to update 116 Stryker flat-bottom vehicles to the Double-V Hull configuration and DIUx tapped tech start-up Uptake to install automated equipment maintenance software on a handful of Bradleys.“The Stryker A1 builds upon…

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