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Army Taps 10 Firms For Small Business Cohort To Work On RCV Sustainment Ideas

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, July 9th, 2021

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Army Taps 10 Firms For Small Business Cohort To Work On RCV Sustainment Ideas

Robotic Combat Vehicle Phase 1 experiment at Fort Carson in Colorado. Photo: U.S. Army.

The Army has selected 10 firms to participate in a new small-business cohort looking for innovative ideas to apply sensor and remote tracking capabilities for sustainment of its future fleet of Robotic Combat Vehicles (RCV). Each company will receive $200,000 to work on their concepts over a 12-week period starting on August 3, before presenting their ideas to leaders from the Army’s Next-Generation Combat Vehicle Cross Functional Team and Project Manager Maneuver Combat Systems on October 22. Army officials will…

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