Army vague on new ground combat vehicle - Army News, news from Iraq, - Army Times: "By next fall, Army officials intend to award up to three competitive contracts for the service’s new ground combat vehicle, slated to debut in 2017.
But in the spirit of keeping the concept wide open — and not be locked into a vehicle “family” as in the defunct Future Combat Systems — the Army has given industry scant guidelines.
“We’re not even sure this is going to be a family,” said Paul Mehney, spokesman for the Program Executive Office for Integration. “Right now, the requirement is for an infantry fighting vehicle — an IFV. We have not looked beyond that.”"
