U.S. Army picks five teams to make digital concept designs for the OMFV

[Isa Khan]

The U.S. Army has chosen five teams to compete for the Concept Design Phase of the future Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle program, the service announced July 23.

According to a press release from Army released on Friday, the service has picked BAE Systems, General Dynamics Land Systems, Point Blank Enterprises, American Rheinmetall Vehicles and Point Blank Enterprises for a 15-month-long program to digital concept designs for the OMFV.

The concept design phase reflects the Army’s effort to structure a program that incentivizes industry innovation, provides the analytical underpinnings for the development of an abbreviated capability development document, and begin the design maturation process.

The overarching strategy for the program – a five-phased approach to design, prototype, test, and produce the OMFV. This approach focuses on encouraging innovation, maximizing competition throughout the entire program, and producing a transformational Infantry fighting Vehicle (IFV) that will dominate maneuver in Multi-Domain Operations (MDO).

The OMFV is considered to be a replacement for the Army’s aging Bradley Fighting Vehicle.

The OMFV will be designed to maneuver Soldiers in the future operating environment to a position of advantage to engage in close combat and deliver decisive lethality during the execution of combined arms maneuver.

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