Next Generation Unmanned Combat Vehicles, RCV and OMFV

Experimental (RCV) Robotic Combat Vehicles and virtual designs for (OMFV) Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicles are exploring bold new possibilities.
The Army’s next-gen troop carrier have slimmed down to smaller designs and gone to hybrid-electric drive.
The Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle will also have active protection against anti-tank missiles, And OMFV will feature extensive automation (hence the name “optionally manned”), unmanned Robotic Combat Vehicles that troops are already testing in the field.
Together, (RCV) ROBOTIC COMBAT VEHICLES and (OMFV) OPTIONALLY MANNED FIGHTING VEHICLE could bring a future armored force that’s lighter, stealthier, less gas-guzzling, and less dependent on exposing human beings to enemy fire. That would make mechanized units more deployable, easier to resupply, and more effective in combat — if, of course, the technology and funding materialize on time.
Meant to replace the M2 Bradley as the Army’s frontline armored troop carrier, or “infantry fighting vehicle,” OPTIONALLY MANNED FIGHTING VEHICLE is in Phase 2 of an innovatively structured five-part program. Five industry teams — General Dynamics, BAE Systems, Rheinmetall-Raytheon-Textron, Oshkosh-Hanwha, and Point Blank Enterprises — are currently refining virtual designs. The forthcoming phases are detailed digital design and production of physical prototypes, with final, formal proposals due Nov. 1. The Army hopes for bids from all five teams, officials said, plus potentially other companies that didn’t get Phase 2 contracts.

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