US Army awards Mobile Protected Firepower prototype contracts
The US Army has awarded two Section 804 middle tier acquisition rapid prototyping contracts for the Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) programme against an aggressive delivery schedule.
General Dynamic Land Systems and BAE Systems Land & Armaments were both awarded contracts on 17 December under the full and open, best value competition for integration of mature technologies. Each of the rapid prototyping contract does not exceed $376 million.
‘Currently, the [MPF] capabilities do not exist in our light formations,’ offered US Army Brig Gen Ross Coffman, director of the US Army’s Next Generation Combat Vehicles (NGCV) Cross Functional Team (CFT), under
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