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Rheinmetall Partners With Textron To Offer Lynx Vehicle For Army’s New OMFV Competition

Rheinmetall Partners With Textron To Offer Lynx Vehicle For Army’s New OMFV Competition
The Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicle (Photo: Rheinmetall Defence)

Germany’s Rheinmetall is once again looking to compete for the Army’s Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle program, announcing a new partnership on Tuesday with Textron Systems [TXT] to propose the Lynx KF41 platform. “Team Lynx” also includes Raytheon [RTN], who partnered with Rheinmetall for its previous proposal during the Army’s first attempt at OMFV but which ultimately resulted in a disqualification after it was unable to meet a deadline for delivering a bid sample. “This teaming agreement brings together two of…

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