Future U.S. Army Infantry Fighting Vehicle XM30 Designed to Survive Modern Battlefields

Washington D.C., United States, October 20, 2025 - The U.S. Army is moving forward with its XM30 Infantry Fighting Vehicle program, a clean-sheet design that breaks from decades of incremental upgrades to the M2 Bradley. Developed under the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle initiative, the XM30 is intended to thrive on battlefields defined by electronic warfare, autonomous systems, and near-peer threats. Army acquisition officials describe it as a networked, modular vehicle capable of operating with or without a crew, integrating seamlessly with the Army’s future command and control architecture. Read full Defense News at this link ...
The American Rheinmetall Vehicles Lynx KF41 (left) and General Dynamics Land Systems Griffin III (right), the two competing prototypes selected by the U.S. Army for the XM30 Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle program, aimed at replacing the legacy M2 Bradley in frontline mechanized units. (Picture source: Army Recognition Group)

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