Dawes Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Looks like a list of the usual suspects and a couple dark horses. And I still give this effort a fair chance of falling on it's face (on cost or technical grounds, or both): https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-army-chooses-competitors-design-212855233.html?.tsrc=fp_deeplink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Tan Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 It's the Army. They cant even buy camo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex2cav Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 The search continues.....In the end they'll stay with a Bradley but put a drone on the roof and call it good. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty_Zuk Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Last time only one contender showed up, and 2 contenders had physical bid samples. None of which had any prior work to show on the systems part. Now there are 4 existing vehicles, of which two have years of work behind them on the NGCV systems, including one very low cost option. Also 2 are in advanced stages of maturation, instead of one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Tan Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 I do like the Redback though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 On 7/25/2021 at 7:23 PM, Simon Tan said: It's the Army. They cant even buy camo. LOL the burn!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougRichards Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 8 hours ago, Simon Tan said: I do like the Redback though. 42 tonnes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bojan Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 If it is vehicle that goes with tanks why does it matter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyE Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 Which four vehicles are in the race this time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Tan Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 It won't swim. All the bridging is MLC70. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty_Zuk Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 9 hours ago, bojan said: If it is vehicle that goes with tanks why does it matter? Because lower weight means easier and cheaper maintenance and operation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
methos Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 On 7/28/2021 at 5:05 PM, Mighty_Zuk said: Last time only one contender showed up, and 2 contenders had physical bid samples. None of which had any prior work to show on the systems part. Now there are 4 existing vehicles, of which two have years of work behind them on the NGCV systems, including one very low cost option. Also 2 are in advanced stages of maturation, instead of one. None of the offered vehicles exists in the configuration offered to the US Army. However at this point this is not required, the first stage of the program is a purely digital design assessement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Tan Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 What is missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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