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The US Army has awarded American Rheinmetall Vehicles and its combined industry team, making up Team Lynx, a full contract value in excess of US$700 million (AU$1.06 billion) for the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) Phase 3 Detailed Design and Phase 4 Prototype Build and Test phases.
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The US Army awarded a total of two contracts for Phase 3 and 4 performance with the two competitors to now complete the designs that began in the Phase 2 Concept Design and build at least seven and as many as 11 prototypes for Army evaluation.
Team Lynx – made up of American Rheinmetall Vehicles, Textron Systems, Raytheon Technologies, L3Harris Technologies, Allison Transmission, and Anduril Industries – is developing a next-generation XM30 that achieves the Army’s requirements for a combat vehicle with superior protection, unsurpassed firepower, and unbeatable mobility.
Matthew Warnick, managing director for American Rheinmetall Vehicles, said, “American Rheinmetall Vehicles and our teammates are excited about the award and we look forward to continuing our important work with the Army in this critical modernisation program.”
Operating with other units or independently, the vehicle can sense, move, and strike in a connected, rapidly changing, complex, and lethal operational environment unlike any infantry combat vehicle before.
“Team Lynx brings together some of the finest defence technology companies in the world and will deliver a truly transformational, modern infantry combat vehicle that ensures our soldiers can fight, survive, and win on future battlefields,” Warnick added.
The Army can tailor the Lynx OMFV to meet specific missions or threats, rapidly evolving to adapt to future requirements. Team Lynx states that this design feature significantly reduces the training and logistics burden, leading to greater operational readiness.
The Lynx OMFV’s Ground Combat Systems Common Infrastructure Architecture (GCIA) hosts an electrical, software, and structural architecture that results in a uniquely modular concept that reduces production and lifecycle costs.
US Army Lieutenant General Bill Mayville, a member of the ARV Board of Directors said, “American Rheinmetall Vehicles has brought together remarkable companies, ideas, technologies, and approaches to deliver a truly next-generation, lethal, survivable, and enduring infantry fighting vehicle concept. This team is delivering on the Army’s highest and most ambitious priorities and I am confident it will continue to bring exceptional solutions as part of this important modernisation effort.”
This open systems approach to the vehicle architecture, coupled with weight growth margin and electrical power reserve, delivers a transformational platform today that is prepared for rapid adoption and insertion of the emerging new technologies of the future – ensuring overmatch today and overmatch tomorrow.
Design work for the upcoming phases will primarily take place at American Rheinmetall Vehicles’ facility in Sterling Heights, Michigan, with support from partners across the United States. Final prototype assembly is slated to be done at the Textron Systems production facility in Slidell, Louisiana. Upon completion of Phases 3 and 4, the Army plans to down select one vendor for low-rate initial production in Phase 5 of the program near the end of 2027.
