The service is looking for sled- or pallet-mounted weapons that can be hauled by light manned and unmanned vehicles during joint forced entry operations.
Mobile Protected Firepower prototypes will be put through the paces with the 82nd Airborne at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, at the start of the new year.
The Army kicked off its concept design phase for the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle with a virtual industry day ahead of the release of a request for proposals expected by the end of the month.
Its larger wings and stronger landing gear make it better suited for the catapult launches and arrestments used on carriers, and its wingtips fold for better storage on deck.
The Senate will vote next week on legislation to halt the Trump administration’s $23 billion sale of F-35 fighter jets, Reaper drones and munitions to the United Arab Emirates, a lawmaker says.
Rheinmetall’s Mission Master series is something of a counterpoint to Estonia’s Milrem Robotics, which has been making inroads with European ground forces through its tracked THeMIS vehicle.