DRS Technologies' on-board vehicle power (OBVP) system has been selected by the US Army for inclusion in the critical field testing for network technology.
 
The high-powered DRS/Allison Transmission integral generator system is scheduled to be employed and tested on two separate, DRS-sponsored concept vehicles, the mobile integrated command post (MICP) vehicle and the mission command on the move (MCOTM) vehicle during the army's network integration evaluation (NIE) bi-annual field exercise.
 
Both MCOTM and MICP are repurposed Navistar MaxxPro mine-resistant, ambush-proof (MRAP) vehicles.
 
DRS Network and Imaging Systems group president Mike Sarrica said all fielded concepts of command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) equipment, from soldier radios to brigade servers, require power for operation.
 
Sarrica said: "Towed generators limit cross-country mobility, take up valuable space when deploying and add to the logistics sustainment burden of our forces.

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