In 2017, Bradley program director Chris Conley stated in an interview that the M2A5 would involve a third-generation forward-looking infrared (FLIR) sensor, a laser pointer and color external ...

Key point: The Bradley would need more armor and a bigger gun to fight tanks. ... In January 2018, it emerged that an even more ambitious M2A5 upgrade is being planned for the mid-2020s, ...

Tanks. The Army accepted ... The M2A5 is where the Army will drive the same lethality improvements as the Abrams into the platform, he said, such as the third-gen FLIR, a cross platform laser ...

The NGCV will replace the M-1 Abrams main battle tank and M-2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles (IFV). Both the Abrams and Bradley, while highly successful, were introduced in the late 1970s and ...