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handle is hein.crs/govejye0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional Research Service inforrning the legislative debate rince 1914 0 Updated December 23, 2022 The Army's Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) Background The Army's Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) is being designed to replace the M-2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) (see Figure 1 for a notional example). Optionally manned means the OMFV is to have the ability to conduct remotely controlled operations while a crew is not in the vehicle. The M-2 Bradley, which has been in service since 1981, transports infantry on the battlefield, provides fire support to dismounted troops, and can destroy enemy fighting vehicles. Updated numerous times since its introduction, the M-2 Bradley is widely considered to have reached the technological limits of its capacity to accommodate new electronics, armor, and defensive systems. Two past efforts to replace the M-2 Bradley-the Future Combat System (FCS) Program and the Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) Program-were cancelled for programmatic and cost-associated reasons. Figure I. Notional Example-OMFV Source: U.S. Naval Institute (USNI), https://news.usni.org/2021/12/ 30/report-to-congress-on-armys-optionally manned-fighting-vehicle, accessed April 18, 2022. Note: This is a notional example; the Army's OMFV selected for production may differ from this example. Role of the OM FV According to OMFV Program Information released by the Army on February 28, 2022: The Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) will serve as the Army's Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) tasked to maneuver through the enemy's security zone as part of a combined arms team for the purpose of creating an advantageous position, relative to the enemy, and providing protection and direct fire lethality while manned or remotely operated. In the close fight, the OMFV enables the ability of dismounted elements to maneuver by detecting and destroying targets at a range beyond the enemy's capability. OMFV Capabilities The Army notes four planned OMFV capabilities: * Enable command and control at the platoon level and higher by rapidly generating, receiving, and passing information to dismounted elements, other vehicles, and command nodes. * Detect, engage, and destroy enemy infantry fighting vehicles beyond the range of the enemy's primary weapon system, and rapidly defeat dismounted enemy infantry threats. The OMFV would also enhance unit- level lethality by providing target acquisition data, shared situational understanding, and the lethal effects required to protect and orient friendly dismounted infantry. * Improve organizational effectiveness by reducing the logistics burden on the Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT) through enhanced reliability and on-board diagnostics and prognostics; ease of maintenance; and reduced burdens on the supply chain in terms of spare parts, fuel, and munitions. * Allow rapid adaptation by the means of growth margins that allow for the insertion and integration of future technologies. OMFV Acquisition Approach OMFV is to be Army's first ground combat vehicle designed using state-of-the-art digital engineering tools and techniques. It is to be designed from the onset as a Modular Open Systems Architected (MOSA) platform based on an Army-defined and -owned open standard. As technology and software evolve, MOSA could potentially facilitate rapid OMFV modernization at a reduced cost. The open architecture of the OMFV could also offer more opportunities for industry competition and innovations as the OMFV is upgraded. The Army is conducting a five-phase acquisition approach to design, prototype, test, and produce the OMFV: * Phase 1 consists of Market Research and Requirement Development. * Phase 2, the Concept Design Phase, includes modeling, simulation, and analysis (MS&A) to inform requirements and support initial design activities. * Phase 3, the Detailed Design Phase, includes detailed design activities to mature OMFV designs and concludes with a Critical Design Review (CDR). A CDR is a technical review to ensure the initial product baseline is established. Successful completion of CDR provides the technical basis for proceeding into fabrication, integration, development, test, and evaluation of a system.

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