BAE Systems MPF prototype during a test fire. Courtesy of BAE Systems. The popular American image of a tank is the Army’s M1A1 Abrams. While heavy main battle tanks like the Abrams have slugged it out ...

The Army has been set on a brand new Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) vehicle for months. Designed to give the standard Infantry Brigade Combat Team a rolling fire-support platform without relying on ...

Key point: Tanks are heavy and expensive to produce, but a lighter vehicle with long-range fire would be easier to transport and build. The US Army is taking a substantial next step in the accelerated ...

A handful of soldiers will soon get the chance to kick the treads on (and beat the living shit out of) two different light tank prototypes during an upcoming vehicle assessment at Fort Bragg in North ...

In a press release, the U.S. Army announced that initial Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) prototypes arrived at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The preproduction MPF vehicles will be put through their ...

WASHINGTON -- The Army will ask industry next month to provide proposals for a lightweight armored combat vehicle known as the Mobile Protected Firepower or MPF vehicle, and plans call for fielding ...

BAE Systems is updating an M8 Buford Armored Gun System with new capabilities for its prototype for the Army's Mobile Protected Firepower vehicle. (BAE Systems) WASHINGTON — Two competing light tank ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- Infantry Soldiers are closer to getting their hands on a "light tank" that will boost the firepower of their formations without slowing them down. The Mobile Protected Firepower ...

U.S. Army modernization officials are looking for defense firms capable of producing lightweight tanks to arm infantry brigades with more firepower for the future battlefield. Program Executive Office ...