INVESTMENT COMPONENT
Modernization
Recapitalization
Maintenance
Provides infantry and cavalry fighting vehicles with digital command and control capabilities, significantly increased situational awareness, enhanced lethality and survivability, and improved sustainability and supportability.
The Bradley M2A3 Infantry/M3A3 Cavalry Fighting Vehicle (IFV/CFV) features two second-generation, forward-looking infrared (FLIR) sensors—one in the Improved Bradley Acquisition Subsystem (IBAS), the other in the Commander’s Independent Viewer (CIV). These systems provide “hunter-killer target handoff” capability with ballistic fire control. The Bradley A3 also has embedded diagnostics and an Integrated Combat Command and Control (IC3) digital communications suite hosting a Force XXI Battle Command Brigade-and-Below (FBCB2) package with digital maps, messages, and friend/foe information. These systems provide the vehicle with increased shared battlefield situational awareness (SA). The Bradley’s position navigation with GPS, inertial navigation, and enhanced squad SA includes a squad leader display integrated into vehicle digital images and IC3.
Speed: 40 mph
Range: 250 miles
Payload: 6,000 pounds
Vehicle weapons: 25mm, TOW II, 7.62mm
M2/M3A3 MMBF required/actual:
400/681
Deployable aircraft: C17, C5
In this Publication
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Other Major Interdependencies Army
Battle Command System (ABCS), Blue Force Tracker (BFT), FM Voice-Advanced SINCGARS Improvement Program (ASIP) Radio, Forward Observer Systems (BFIST Only), Ground Mobile Radio System (GMRS), System of Systems Common Operating Environment (SOSCOE)
ACQUISITION PHASE
Technology Development
Engineering & Manufacturing Development
Production & Deployment
Operations & Support
None
BAE Systems (York, PA; Santa Clara, CA)
DRS Technologies (Palm Bay, FL)
Raytheon (McKinney, TX)
L-3 Communications (Muskegon, MI)
Curtiss-Wright (Littleton, MA)
Elbit Systems of America (Fort Worth, TX)
