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and production of a transformational infantry fighting vehicle, OMFV will be the first ground-combat vehicle designed using digital engineering. Additionally, the use of modular open-system architecture will allow for rapid integration and insertion of future technologies.
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The new XM5 rifle and XM250 automatic rifle, which will eventually replace the M4 carbine and the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, respectively, will use the 6.8 mm common cartridge family of ammunition. The Army announced in April that the mid-tier, rapid-fielding effort led to its selection of Sig Sauer, a firearms company, as the manufacturer to provide the new weaponry. (Photos courtesy of Sig Sauer)
In another major advancement, the Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) completed rapid prototyping and entered rapid fielding in April, after a 27-month prototyping and eval- uation effort with numerous technical tests and Soldier touch points. Te NGSW includes the XM5 rifle to replace the M4/M4A1 carbine and the XM250 automatic rifle to replace the M249 squad automatic weapon. Both new weapons for the close combat force are lightweight, paired with the XM157 fire control for increased accuracy and lethality, and fire 6.8 mm ammunition.
And finally, we anticipate the upcoming award of the devel- opment contract for the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft. Tis aircraft will, over time, replace the Army’s highly success- ful UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter and provide the Army with unprecedented speed and range for Army aviation.
new combat vehicles, new small arms and an array of other systems. Let me highlight just a few of the many examples of our recent progress.
In June, the Army successfully completed the Mobile Protected Firepower middle-tier acquisition rapid-prototyping phase and transitioned it to a major capability acquisition program with a favorable milestone C decision. With crucial feedback from Soldier touch points, the program entered production in just under four years. Normally, a program of this size and scope would have taken between six and seven years to go from proto- type to production. While much work remains to be done, it is my hope that Mobile Protected Firepower is recognized in the future as a model for how the acquisition and requirements communities work together to enable program success.
In July, the Army released the request for proposals for the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) detailed design and prototype build and test phases, phases three and four of the five-phase program. With a focus on innovation, competition
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CONCLUSION Tese success stories didn’t happen because of Army acquisi- tion alone. We need creativity and innovation from industry and entrepreneurs working with the Army’s research-and-devel- opment community and our acquisition professionals to ensure America’s Army remains the best equipped in the world. We also need our defense industry partners to continue to deliver on time and on budget. I am confident that we will succeed because American workers are the best in the world and American inno- vation is second to none.
Finally, we need our Army partners to ensure the Army succeeds. Army acquisition, Army Futures Command, Army Materiel Command, the Army staff and many others must work together to bring all the aspects of modernization together. Working together at speed, we can ensure that our joint warfighters are ready to deter adversaries and, if necessary, face any challenge on the battlefield today and in the future.
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