The AbramsX cuts fuel consumption in half, Reese said.
As part of its climate strategy, the Army has set a goal to achieve 50 percent reduction in Army net greenhouse pollution by 2030, compared to 2005 levels.
One of the features receiving praise at the conference was the demonstrator's hybrid electric engine, Reese said. “That's kind of why we brought these here to the show this year was to say, things we know we can do - or that our partners with us know we can do - which ones are good enough or important enough to continue development on so they're ready when something comes after. “Some of the capabilities on here could see themselves on the next iteration, whatever the Army might call it,” he said. The AbramsX is not meant to replace or bridge the gap between those platforms but rather demonstrate capabilities for the future, as there is no “defined program” for Army tanks beyond M1A2 SEP 4, Reese noted. The Army is currently producing version 3 of the Abrams M1A2 System Enhancement Package, or SEP, with version 4 scheduled to begin fielding in fiscal year 2025. And that's the reaction we were looking for.”įeedback on AbramsX from the Army and other experts will inform the capabilities General Dynamics decides to continue developing or “let go to the side,” he said. People are either going to love it or hate it, or love some parts of it and hate other parts of it. “We knew … it was going to elicit strong reactions. “We wanted to get people to look at it and give us feedback,” Reese said during an interview at the conference Oct. Getting people talking was certainly the intention, said General Dynamics Land Systems’ director of business development for U.S. General Dynamics had teased the unveiling of AbramsX in the months leading up to the conference before releasing a video of the tank online Oct. was General Dynamics’ AbramsX, the company’s new tank demonstrator featuring several next-generation technologies. One of the major talking points heading into the 2022 Association of the United States Army annual conference in Washington, D.C.
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