Combat Vehicles

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. 

The Army has codified its requirement for brigade combat teams to become more expeditionary to fulfill the Multi-Domain Battle concept, outlining plans to reduce its demand for fuel, water and ammunition.

The Army aims to nearly quadruple its projected spending on Next Generation Combat Vehicle prototyping in fiscal year 2019, in a bid to accelerate the second of senior leaders' six modernization priorities.

As the Army's combat vehicle improvement programs advance, some are slated to receive one-time gains in fiscal year 2019 research, development, test and evaluation money, while others would continue to wind down.

The Army's fiscal year 2019 budget request includes increased research, development, test and evaluation funding to support the efforts of the cross-functional teams pursuing senior leaders' six modernization priorities.