{"id":65115,"date":"2023-09-06T21:31:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T21:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/09\/06\/us-army-scraps-abrams-tank-upgrade-unveils-new-modernization-plan\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:00:27","slug":"us-army-scraps-abrams-tank-upgrade-unveils-new-modernization-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2023\/09\/06\/us-army-scraps-abrams-tank-upgrade-unveils-new-modernization-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"US Army scraps Abrams tank upgrade, unveils new modernization plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Army is scrapping its current upgrade plans for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/ausa\/2022\/10\/14\/what-comes-after-abrams-tanks-the-army-is-working-on-possibilities\/\" target=\"_blank\">Abrams main battle tank<\/a> and pursuing a more significant modernization effort to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2021\/01\/26\/creeping-weight-of-abrams-tank-concerns-pentagons-chief-weapons-tester\/\" target=\"_blank\">increase its mobility<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/ausa\/2017\/10\/09\/europe-bound-army-to-urgently-field-abrams-tanks-with-trophy-active-protection-system\/\" target=\"_blank\">survivability on the battlefield<\/a>, the service announced in a statement Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army will end its M1A2 System Enhancement Package version 4 program, and instead develop the M1E3 Abrams focused on challenges the tank is likely to face on the battlefield of 2040 and beyond, the service said. The service was supposed to receive the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2022\/05\/18\/army-acquisition-chief-would-welcome-tank-ramp-up-if-congress-funds-it\/\" target=\"_blank\">M1A2 SEPv4 version<\/a> this past spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The SEPv4 will not go into production as planned, Army Under Secretary Gabe Camarillo told Defense News in a Sept. 6 interview at the Defense News Conference in Arlington, Virginia. \u201cWe\u2019re essentially going to invest those resources into the [research and] development on this new upgraded Abrams,\u201d he said. \u201c[I]t\u2019s really threat-based, it\u2019s everything that we\u2019re seeing right now,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2022\/07\/08\/ukraine-war-tactics-reaffirm-us-armys-modernization-thrust-service-chief-says\/\" target=\"_blank\"> even recently in Ukraine<\/a> in terms of a native active protection system, lighter weight, more survivability, and of course reduced logistical burdens as well for the Army.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Abrams tank \u201ccan no longer grow its capabilities without adding weight, and we need to reduce its logistical footprint,\u201d Maj. Gen. Glenn Dean, the Army\u2019s program executive officer for ground combat systems, said in the statement. \u201cThe war in Ukraine has highlighted a critical need for integrated protections for soldiers, built from within instead of adding on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukraine\u2019s military will have the chance to put the M1 Abrams to the test <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2023\/03\/21\/us-to-fast-track-abrams-for-ukraine-by-going-with-older-version\/\" target=\"_blank\">when it receives the tanks<\/a> later this month. The country is fighting off a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">Russian invasion<\/a> that began nearly two years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The M1E3 Abrams will \u201cinclude the best features\u201d of the M1A2 SEPv4 and will be compliant with modular open-systems architecture standards, according to the statement, which will allow for faster and more efficient technology upgrades. \u201cThis will enable the Army and its commercial partners to design a more survivable, lighter tank that will be more effective on the battlefield at initial fielding and more easy to upgrade in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe appreciate that future battlefields pose new challenges to the tank as we study recent and ongoing conflicts,\u201d said Brig. Gen. Geoffrey Norman, director of the Next-Generation Combat Vehicle Cross-Functional Team. \u201cWe must optimize the Abrams\u2019 mobility and survivability to allow the tank to continue to close with and destroy the enemy as the apex predator on future battlefields.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Norman, who took over the team last fall, spent seven months prior to his current job in Poland with the 1st Infantry Division. He told Defense News last year that the division worked with Poles, Lithuanians and other European partners on the eastern flank to observe happenings in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weight is a major inhibitor of mobility, Norman said last fall. \u201cWe are consistently looking at ways to drive down the main battle tank\u2019s weight to increase our operational mobility and ensure we can present multiple dilemmas to the adversary by being unpredictable in where we can go and how we can get there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">General Dynamic Land Systems, which manufactures the Abrams tank, brought what it called AbramsX to the Association of the U.S. Army\u2019s annual conference in October 2022. AbramsX is a technology demonstrator with reduced weight and the same range as the current tank with 50% less fuel consumption, the American firm told Defense News ahead of the show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The AbramsX has a hybrid power pack that enables a silent watch capability and \u201csome silent mobility,\u201d which means it can run certain systems on the vehicle without running loud engines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tank also has an embedded artificial intelligence capability that enables \u201clethality, survivability, mobility and manned\/unmanned teaming,\u201d GDLS said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army did not detail what the new version might include, but GDLS is using AbramsX to define what is possible in terms of weight reduction, improved survivability and a more efficient logistics tail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army awarded GDLS a contract in August 2017 to develop the SEPv4 version of the tank with a plan then to make a production decision in fiscal 2023, followed by fielding to the first brigade in fiscal 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The keystone technology of the SEPv4 version consisted of a third-generation forward-looking infrared camera and a full-sight upgrade including improved target discrimination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think the investment in subsystem technologies in the v4 will actually carry over into the upgraded ECP [Engineering Change Proposal] program for Abrams,\u201d Camarillo said. \u201cHowever, the plan is to have robust competition at the subsystem level for a lot of what the new ECP will call for, so we\u2019re going to look for best-of-breed tech in a lot of different areas,\u201d such as active protection systems and lighter weight materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For instance, the Army has kitted out the tank with Trophy active protection systems as an interim solution to increase survivability. 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