Raytheon and Rheinmetall's Lynx offering for US Army promises more to come
Raytheon and Rheinmetall this week announced an addition to its team that will make a bid for the US Army’s Next Generation Combat Vehicle (NGCV) and the team is preparing for additional announcements, Shephard understands.
With an eye on increased survivability capabilities as well as the risk mitigation it brings, the team has added Pratt and Miller, a US-based SME, to its teaming arrangement as it positions the Lynx KF41 for the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) component of the NGCV programme.
The OMFV project will see the selection of a vehicle to replace the Bradley IFV currently in
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