Advertisement

DefenseTech’s Hybrid Reality Check

Related Stories: Americas - USA, Fuel & Power, New Systems Tech, Projections & Assessments, Trucks & Transport
Advertisement
LAND_RST-V_Shadow.jpg
RST-V Shadow
(click to view full)

DID has covered Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Targeting Vehicle (RST-V) Shadow hybrid vehicle, a V-22 Osprey-transportable vehicle that could fulfill scout and jeep-type roles. The Marines are interested, and the Canadian military’s LARV (Light Armored Reconaissance Vehicle) program may be interested as well.

DefenseTech reports, however, that fielding these systems may prove to be quite a challenge, noting that military diesel-electric hybrids are no closer to mass production than they were five years ago. “Right now we don’t have a hybrid-electric vehicle targeting fielding,” says Gus Khalil, director of the Army’s hybrid research.

Stay Up-to-Date on Defense Programs Developments with Free Newsletter

DID's daily email newsletter keeps you abreast of contract developments, stats, pictures, data and lots more. The industry is also affected by many of the trends shaping DoD spending, again covered daily on DID. Get both the granular coverage and the bigger picture of the forces buffeting the programs both technically and politically.
 
(privacy policy)