RENK, a German company, opened up shop in Muskegon, Michigan, in 2021 to build advanced mobility systems. A court decision rendered Keshik unable to compete against Point Blank with any other team in the OMFV competition going forward.Įdwards said Point Blank’s team has brought in RENK America to provide a powertrain solution. The company originally teamed with Keshik Mobile Power Systems on hybrid powertrain technology, but the relationship with Keshik “went sideways on us,” according to Mark Edwards, Point Blank’s executive vice president of military sales and business development.Īfter Keshik attempted to get out of its contract with Point Blank midway through 2022 and, according to court documents, allegedly tried to poach subcontractors to compete separately, Point Blank successfully sued Keshik in summer 2022. Point Blank Enterprises has made several major changes to its team by swapping out its powertrain partner and turret supplier. The company is also working with Textron, Raytheon Technologies, 元Harris Technologies and Allison Transmission, as it did in the previous concept design phase. Anduril’s Lattice software was originally designed to counter drones and other threats, but it has wider applicability for sharing battlefield information and data at a tactical level, according to Matt Warnick, managing director of American Rheinmetall Vehicles. And Pratt Miller, which Oshkosh bought in 2021, is also a teammate, according to Pat Williams, the company’s vice president and general manager for the OMFV program.Īmerican Rheinmetall Vehicles has added Anduril to its team. Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, QinetiQ and Plasan will provide Oshkosh technology from turrets to armor to autonomy, as well as command-and-control capabilities. Oshkosh Defense continues to partner with South Korean defense company Hanwha, which is providing the chassis design based on its Redback infantry fighting vehicle. Ray Kiernan, program director for next-generation combat vehicles at General Dynamics Land Systems, told Defense News the contractor is teaming with Cummins on power pack integration to include the mobility system as well as electrical power generation and management across the vehicle. The company also continues to work with General Dynamics Mission Systems to incorporate networks, radio gear and cyber capabilities into the design. General Dynamics Land Systems is continuing to work with GM Defense, Applied Intuition, a specialist in modeling and simulating autonomy for the automobile industry, and AeroVironment, which is providing its Switchblade loitering munitions for integration into the design.
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