US Army's OMFV solicitation calls for innovative proposals by Ashley Roque Cumbersome requirements will not be tied in to the US Army’s Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) development programme, instead the service is presenting industry with problem sets designed to spark innovative solutions. On 18 December the US Army released its initial concept design request for proposal (RFP) for its latest attempt at replacing the M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) fleet. In it, the army is maintaining its set of characteristics – survivability, mobility, growth, lethality, weight, logistics, transportability, manning, and training – in lieu of stringent requirements that have previously hamstrung the effort.