Future Combat Systems Manned Ground Vehicles

rdf:langString Future Combat Systems Manned Ground Vehicles

rdf:langString FCS Manned Ground Vehicles

rdf:langString FCS Manned Ground Vehicles

rdf:langString All variants of the Manned Ground Vehicles program, and the MGV common chassis

rdf:langString Varies from 2–4 depending on vehicle

rdf:langString BAE Systems and General Dynamics

rdf:langString Detroit Diesel 5L890

rdf:langString yes

rdf:langString United States of America

rdf:langString Most vehicles armed with a machine gun

rdf:langString Tracked armored fighting vehicles

rdf:langString Reconnaissance and Surveillance Vehicle, Mounted Combat System, Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon, Non-Line-of-Sight Mortar, Field Recovery and Maintenance Vehicle, Infantry Carrier Vehicle, Medical Vehicle, Command and Control Vehicle

rdf:langString The Manned Ground Vehicles (MGV) was a family of lighter and more transportable ground vehicles developed by BAE Systems and General Dynamics as part of the U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) program. The MGV program was intended as a successor to the Stryker of the Interim Armored Vehicle program. The MGV program was set in motion in 1999 by Army Chief of Staff Eric Shinseki. The MGVs were based on a common tracked vehicle chassis. The lead vehicle, and the only to be produced as a prototype, was the Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon. Seven other vehicle variants were to follow. The MGV vehicles were conceived to be exceptionally lightweight (initially capped at 18 tons base weight) in order to meet the Army's intra-theatre airmobility requirements. The vehicles that the Army sought to replace with the MGVs ranged from 30 to 70 tons. In order to reduce weight, the Army substituted armor with passive and active protection systems. The FCS program was terminated in 2009 due to concerns about the program's affordability and technology readiness. The MGV program was succeeded by the Ground Combat Vehicle program, which was cancelled in 2014.