BAE-Northrop GCV Hybrid Drive A Gamble

By Michael Fabey

Executives for BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman acknowledge that U.S. Army leadership is somewhat split on the benefits of a hybrid-electric drive for the service’s new Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV), but they say their bid featuring such a system is worth the gambit.

“In the Army we have both supporters and skeptics,” said Mark Signorelli, vice president and general manager of ...

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