Story by Dan Heaton | Next Generation Combat Vehicles Cross-Functional Team (NGCV CFT) | 06.26.2025
Brig. Gen. Chad Chalfont has assumed duties as the director of the U.S. Army Next Generation Combat Vehicles Cross Functional Team at the Detroit Arsenal in Warren, Michigan. Chalfont formally assumed his new duties during a brief ceremony on June 26, 2025....
Story by Dan Heaton | Next Generation Combat Vehicles Cross-Functional Team (NGCV CFT) | 03.18.2025
The Next Generation Combat Vehicles Cross Functional Team is partnering with the U.S. Military Academy at West Point to develop a new tool that enables financial management at the formation level....
Story by Dan Heaton | Next Generation Combat Vehicles Cross-Functional Team (NGCV CFT) | 12.05.2024
Based at the Detroit Arsenal, the NGCV CFT is comprised of approximately 24 personnel – a mix of Soldiers, Army civilians and contract specialists – tasked with accelerating development of future armored vehicles. The team’s signature programs include the XM30 Combat Vehicle, M10 Combat Vehicle, developing Robotic Combat Vehicles to support the Human-Machine Integrated Formation concept,......
Story by Dan Heaton | Next Generation Combat Vehicles Cross-Functional Team (NGCV CFT) | 10.16.2023
A platoon of Soldiers from the First Cavalry Division Fort Cavazos helped the Army better understand how Armored Brigade Combat Teams may fight in the future, thanks to a Soldier Touchpoint held in September at the Detroit Arsenal in Michigan....
Story by Dan Heaton | Next Generation Combat Vehicles Cross-Functional Team (NGCV CFT) | 10.17.2021
In an historic first, U.S. Army Soldiers integrated a Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV) surrogate into the opposing force during a recent rotation at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana, in September. This event enabled the Army to gain valuable insight in how best to utilize robotic vehicles in combat and furthered its ongoing Campaign of Learning around RCV development....
Story by Dan Heaton | Next Generation Combat Vehicles Cross-Functional Team (NGCV CFT) | 05.26.2021
The U.S. Army has taken delivery of eight Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV) prototypes that will be used in a series of Soldier Touchpoints to further the Army’s Campaign of Learning....
Story by Dan Heaton | Next Generation Combat Vehicles Cross-Functional Team (NGCV CFT) | 05.10.2021
Soldier feedback continues to build momentum in the Army’s Campaign of Learning surrounding robotic combat vehicles.
Courtesy Story | Next Generation Combat Vehicles Cross-Functional Team (NGCV CFT) | 03.18.2021
As we move forward in the development of Robotic Combat Vehicles, we must ask the question, does it make the most sense to work on this endeavor now, or should we wait until the technology is more mature? The answer is easy: The time is now....
