Army scouts could be cruising the battlefield in an electric recon vehicle
Todd South
General Dynamics Land Systems' Advanced Ground Mobility Vehicle, on display at the Renewable Energy Rodeo and Symposium at Fort Bliss, Texas, is hybrid-electric capable. The Army is looking for an electric light reconnaissance vehicle for scouts. (Stephen Baack/Army)
Army scout teams may have their own version of a battlefield Tesla to do forward reconnaissance, as more details emerge about what the service wants from a potential electric light reconnaissance vehicle.
The Army posted a “market survey†for such a vehicle in November. While specifics of what they’ll go after are still under review, the broad strokes were shared during the Maneuver Capabilities Development and Integration Directorate’s annual industry days conference out of the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning, Georgia, on April 7.
Planners are looking for a vehicle that can seat six scouts, weighs less than 8,000 pounds but can carry a 4,000-pound payload, and sustain a sling load transport and low velocity air drop. The vehicle must be able to mount a MK-19 grenade launcher and M2 .50 caliber machine gun. Some variants may need to run the Common Remotely Operated Weapon System-Javelin, or CROWS-J, according to presenters.
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