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Geoffrey Norman, with the Next Generation Combat Vehicles Cross-Functional Team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDigital engineering enables us to leverage soldier touch points early and often, frequently and cheaply, in ways that really aren\u2019t possible or haven\u2019t been possible previously with physical prototyping,\u201d Norman <a href=\"https:\/\/events.defensenews.com\/ausa\/digital-engineering-and-modernization\/\" target=\"_blank\">said Oct. 11 at a Defense News event<\/a> on the sidelines of the Association of the U.S. Army annual convention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re able to come up with, I believe, more elegant and thoughtful designs early on using digital engineering than we would be able to otherwise,\u201d he added. \u201cI think, in the long term, that\u2019s going to make our systems more simple, more rugged, and more reliable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Digital engineering is defined as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2022\/10\/10\/new-strategy-to-quicken-tech-development-amid-digital-transformation\/\" target=\"_blank\">the use of data and virtual modeling<\/a> across disciplines to develop projects and support lifecycle activities from concept to disposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks-battlefield-tech\/2022\/10\/07\/newer-strykers-better-kit-solve-networking-power-problems-army-says\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CS23.jpeg_f63f51.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Newer Strykers, better kit solve networking power problems, Army says<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Capability Set 23 provisions include cellular hot spots for vehicles, improved GPS routing and modernized radios for rapid exchanges with command posts.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army this summer published a request for proposals to design and build prototypes of the OMFV. 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