Following the announcement of the U.S. Army on June 29, 2022, that General Dynamics Land Systems was selected to provide its Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF), initial production of 24 MPFs will be delivered to the U.S. Army in the first quarter of 2024 as part of the $1.14bn contract to supply 96 vehicles.
In 2016, defense news sources reported that the U.S. Army was interested in developing a lightweight ground combat vehicle to accompany Infantry Brigade Combat Teams (IBCTs). Originally referred as a light tank, U.S. Army officials named the new concept the Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF).
Citing a report published by the U.S. Congress, currently, the U.S. Army’s Infantry Brigade Combat Teams (IBCT) do not have a combat vehicle assigned that is capable of providing mobile, protected, direct, and offensive fire capability. The MPF solution is an integration of existing mature technologies and components that avoids development that would lengthen the program schedule.