Looking to the Future of Combat Vehicles

摘要

"We must invest in mobile protective firepower [sic] and develop combat vehicles that provide land forces with the appropriate combination of mobility, lethality and protection," said Chief of Staff of the Army GEN Raymond T. Odierno at the recently held Association of the United States Army conference.1 He also listed improvements the Army needs: 1. The Army must invest in light reconnaissance and security capabilities, and in the lethality of missiles, interceptors and sensors. 2. The Army should also innovate with directed energy, a new Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) and a future tank with autonomous capabilities. 3. The Army must also reduce the size of its command-and-control footprint but also needs reliable and protected flow of information while on the move. 4. It is imperative that we adapt new technologies to warfighting concepts better than anybody else.