Stryker DVHA1 with turret mounted
30 mm XM813 cannon. System (
Stryker Dragoon) falls under the Medium Calibre Weapons System (MCWS) Program.
2/25/2019
https://www.defensedaily.com/army-lo...strykers/army/
5/23/2019
" The service spent 18 months to put together its Stryker Dragoon using off-the-shelf solutions such as the remote turret from Kongsberg in Norway and the 30mm cannon from Orbital ATK, now owned by Northrop Grumman.
The vehicles were shipped off to Europe for a year-long evaluation.
Feedback from the evaluation suggested some improvements are needed, particularly related to situational awareness. The turret for the cannon takes up a lot of roof and hatch space and also affects how equipment is stowed, for instance."
https://www.defensenews.com/land/201...m-integration/
6/22/2020 Congress involved over evaluation process and that 2 of 6 competitors have dropped out of the evaluation process. The question as I noted independent of this article in my last post, is WHY?
https://www.defensenews.com/congress...ouse-proposal/
2/20/2020 Related story concerning the USA canceling the Optionally-Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) (Replacement for BRADLEY.) (Also called and POSSIBLE consequences to STRYKER DRAGOON Program.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/bu...030mm%20cannon.
Look for an improved BRADLEY M2A4 from 2/10/2019
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/bu...are-dead-44082
Now all of this makes perfectly good sense to me for what
JANE's reported in my last post from last night. I can see a
possible longer delay for
STRYKER DRAGOON as the timing couldn't be worse, we're in a Presidential election cycle.
Regards,
Pat
