“U.S. Army Taps American Rheinmetall and Team Lynx for Groundbreaking XM30 Combat Vehicle Initiative”
The U.S. Army has granted American Rheinmetall Vehicles (Sterling Heights, MI) alongside the leading industry entities of Team Lynx – Textron Systems, Raytheon Technologies, L3Harris Technologies, Allison Transmission, and Anduril Industries – a contract for the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) Phase 3 Detailed Design and Phase 4 Prototype Construction and Testing stages of the five-phase initiative, now referred to as the XM30 Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle program. The Army has awarded two contracts in total for Phase 3 and Phase 4 operations. The two contenders will now finalize the designs initiated during the Phase 2 Concept Design stage and produce at least seven and potentially up to 11 prototypes for Army assessment, with a total contractual value exceeding $700 million.
“American Rheinmetall Vehicles and our partners are thrilled about this contract and we anticipate continuing our essential collaboration with the Army in this vital modernization initiative,” stated Matthew Warnick, Managing Director for American Rheinmetall Vehicles. “Team Lynx consolidates some of the top defense technology corporations globally and will provide an exceedingly transformative, contemporary Infantry Combat Vehicle that guarantees our Soldiers are equipped to fight, endure, and succeed in future combat scenarios.”
American Rheinmetall Vehicles and Team Lynx are working on an advanced XM30 that fulfills the Army’s criteria for a combat platform offering exceptional protection, unparalleled firepower, and unmatched mobility. Whether cooperating with other units or operating independently, the vehicle is capable of sensing, maneuvering, and striking within a connected, swiftly evolving, intricate, and lethal operational setting, surpassing any previous Infantry Combat Vehicle.
Thanks to its modular architecture and open framework, the Army can customize the Lynx OMFV for specific missions or threats, rapidly adapting to future demands. These characteristics considerably lower the training and logistics challenges, resulting in enhanced operational preparedness. The Lynx OMFV’s Ground Combat Systems Common Infrastructure Architecture (GCIA) features an electrical, software, and structural architecture that leads to a distinctly modular concept, thus lowering production and lifecycle expenses. This open systems methodology to the vehicle architecture, combined with weight growth margin and electrical power reserve, presents a groundbreaking platform today that is positioned for swift integration and adoption of emerging new technologies – ensuring superiority today and into the future.
“American Rheinmetall Vehicles has united exceptional companies, ideas, technologies, and methodologies to introduce a genuinely next-generation, lethal, survivable, and persistent infantry fighting vehicle concept,” remarked retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General Bill Mayville, a member of the ARV Board of Directors. “This team is fulfilling the Army’s highest and most ambitious goals, and I am assured it will continue to provide outstanding solutions as part of this significant modernization endeavor.”
Design activities for the forthcoming phases will primarily occur at American Rheinmetall Vehicles’ facility in Sterling Heights, MI, with assistance from partners nationwide. The final prototype assembly is expected to be conducted at the Textron Systems production site in Slidell, LA. Upon completion of Phases 3 and 4, the Army aims to select a single vendor for Low-Rate Initial Production in Phase 5 of the program by the close of 2027.
