The RV-301 will feature Elbit Systems’ MT30 turret, which reflects BAE’s partnership with the Israeli company on OMFV, while also demonstrating survivability increases, sensors that provide 360-degree situational awareness to soldiers in the vehicle as well as active protection systems and automation software, Miller said. He noted it’s not the company’s OMFV design. ![]() The vehicle at the show looks like an Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle, but it is a unique structure that is larger than an AMPV, Miller said. ![]() That vehicle was developed to study concepts that could be incorporated into the company’s ultimate offering for OMFV, according to Jim Miller, BAE’s senior director of business development for combat mission systems. While BAE has been tight-lipped about its plans, it says it is bringing a “prototype rolling lab vehicle” - the RV-301 - to the conference. Full-rate production is expected to begin in FY30.Ī few of the competitors, including BAE, are showcasing at AUSA preliminary concepts for what the vehicle will look like and how it would be designed and built. The prototyping phase will begin in FY25, and the Army is expected to select in the fourth quarter of FY27 one company to build low-rate production vehicles. Awards for up to three contractors are expected in the second quarter of FY23. ![]() That will be followed by a full and open competition for a detailed design phase that will be executed over fiscal 2023 and fiscal 2024. The first phase, now in full swing, is for an initial design.
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