Industry must be ready to meet a “rapid” time line for the Mobile Protected Firepower program, according to the program executive officer for ground combat systems. Speaking to reporters at the Association of the United States Army's annual meeting Oct. 10, Maj. Gen. David Bassett said industry must provide “mature designs that are capable of moving rapidly into this prototype development phase.” He said the Army plans to award a contract for the effort in early fiscal year 2019 and...