But analysts predict that given the way the program is structured, the Army may just end up with a tricked-out Bradley or a mine-resistant ambush-protected truck on tracks.
“You can’t get these leap-ahead, revolutionary programmatic objectives in place if you’re going to go with a short timeline, low-risk, fixed-cost development approach. So you have to align your expectations with the realities of the type of program that you’ve put in place,” says Dakota Wood, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.