Justin Shell, the Army's product manager for Abrams, told Scout Warrior in an interview. 'We could look at some novel material, such as lightweight tracks or a hull replacement,' Lt. However, it is without question that, whatever NGCV evolves into, it will be built to consistently accommodate the best emerging technologies available.įor instance, Army developers explained that some early developmental work inolved assessing lighter weight armor and hull materials able to provide the same protection as the current vehicle at a much lower weight. Many Army comments have indicated that the configuration of the new vehicles may resemble hull forms of an Abrams, Mobile Protected Firepower vehicle, Bradley, or even elements of a Stryker vehicle. This could include new sensors, sights, electronics, force tracking systems, and a range of C4ISR technology. However, of potentially much greater significance, similar engineering, vehicle structures, and configurations could definitely expedite upgrades across the fleet as enabled by new technology. David Bassett, Program Executive Officer, Ground Combat Systems, told Scout Warrior that it may indeed evolve into a family of vehicles.Ī fleet of similarly engineered vehicles would be designed to allow each vehicle to be tailored and distinct, while simultaneously improving maintenance, logistics, and sustainment by using many common parts the objective would, of course, be to lower long-term lifecycle costs and extend the service life of the vehicles.

While the Army is only now in the early stages of concept development for this technology, Maj. The Army is now seeking to finesse a careful and combat-relevant balance between upgrading the current Abrams and Bradley to the maximum degree while also recognizing limitations and beginning conceptual work on a new platform called Next-Generation Combat Vehicle.

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