American Rheinmetall Vehicles y la empresa de tecnolog\u00eda de defensa Anduril Industries est\u00e1n uniendo fuerzas en una \u201casociaci\u00f3n estrat\u00e9gica\u201d para competir en el programa de dise\u00f1o de veh\u00edculos de combate tripulados opcionalmente del Ej\u00e9rcito de EE.UU. El Ej\u00e9rcito abri\u00f3 la competencia para dise\u00f1ar y construir prototipos para el reemplazo del veh\u00edculo de combate de infanter\u00eda Bradley, lanzando una solicitud de propuestas a la industria este verano. La asociaci\u00f3n con Anduril trae consigo innovaciones excepcionales en el desarrollo de software, comando y control, integraci\u00f3n de sensores y contramedidas para aviones no tripulados.<\/p>\n
WASHINGTON \u2014\u00a0American Rheinmetall Vehicles<\/a>\u00a0and venture-backed defense technology company\u00a0Anduril Industries\u00a0<\/a>are joining forces in a \u201cstrategic partnership\u201d to\u00a0compete in the U.S. Army\u2019s Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle design program<\/a>, according to a Sept. 6 joint statement from the companies.<\/p>\n The Army opened up the\u00a0competition to design and build prototypes\u00a0<\/a>for the replacement of the Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, releasing a request for proposals to industry this summer.<\/p>\n Last year the Army awarded\u00a0contracts to five teams<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0develop preliminary designs<\/a>; American Rheinmetall was among them. The other four teams are Point Blank Enterprises, Oshkosh Defense, BAE Systems and General Dynamics Land Systems.<\/p>\n \u201cThe partnership with Anduril brings with it exceptional innovations in software development, command and control, sensor integration, and counter-[unmanned aircraft systems] for inclusion in our OMFV offering,\u201d Matt Warnick, American Rheinmetall\u2019s managing director, said in the statement.<\/p>\n Other companies in the Rheinmetall-led industry team include Textron Systems, Raytheon Technologies, L3Harris Technologies and Allison Transmission; all together they are known as\u00a0Team Lynx<\/a>, a nod to Rheinmetall\u2019s vehicle that was the\u00a0company\u2019s planned original bid sample<\/a>\u00a0in the Army\u2019s earlier attempt to hold a competition. That effort ended in the fall of 2019 when only General Dynamics Land Systems was able to deliver a physical bid sample to the Army by deadline. Rheinmetall, based in Germany, ran into issues delivering the Lynx and had to drop out of the competition.<\/p>\n With only one bid sample, the Army decided to scrap the competition and\u00a0reworked its strategy<\/a>\u00a0in a lengthier, five-phase effort that begins with an initial design phase, then moves into a detailed design phase, followed by prototyping, testing and production.<\/p>\n The founder of virtual reality maker Oculus, Palmer Luckey, created Anduril. Its co-founders are CEO Brian Schimpf, Chief Operations Officer Matt Grimm, Joe Chen and Founders Fund partner Trae Stephens. Peter Thiel \u2015 who leads Founders Fund with Silicon Valley investors Ken Howery and Brian Singerman \u2015 created data analytics company Palantir, which has since achieved a foothold in the defense sector.<\/p>\n