Combat Vehicles

The Senate Armed Services Committee is seeking to impose limits on the Army's funding for the Next Generation Combat Vehicle, which is in the experimental prototype phase.

The Army's Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center seeks to use other transaction authority for three alternative fuel projects, two of which will leverage the Next Generation Combat Vehicle platforms for experimentation.

The Army has postponed "indefinitely" its plan to upgrade the M113 armored personnel carrier for echelons above brigade -- an approach billed as an interim solution to the mobility and survivability limitations of the Vietnam-era vehicle.

The House Armed Services Committee chairman's mark of the fiscal year 2019 defense authorization bill includes $360 million for Stryker upgrades, according to a summary provided by the committee.

The Marine Corps recently completed the operational assessment for the Amphibious Combat Vehicle, and is waiting for after-action reports before downselecting to one vendor in mid-June, according to an official.

New legislation being considered by the House Armed Services Committee could result in the Army altering its multiyear procurement contracts for the combat vehicle platforms that make up armored brigade combat teams, including the Abrams, Bradley, Stryker and Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle.

Army senior leaders have decided to pure-fleet the Double-V Hull upgrade to all of the service's Stryker vehicles, though they are still working to allocate funding to support the effort.

The estimated cost for the Pentagon's major weapon system acquisition portfolio grew by $177 billion, or more than 10 percent, over the last year, swelling from $1.7 trillion to $1.9 trillion.

HUNTSVILLE, AL -- The director of the Next Generation Combat Vehicle cross-functional team on March 26 outlined three phases for NGCV prototype development before a materiel development decision is expected.