USSOCOM to buy Non-Standard Commercial Vehicles
United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has released its formal request for proposals (RFP) for its next generation of Non-Standard Commercial Vehicles (NSCV).
NSCVs are commercial-based vehicles that are enhanced with mission- specific modifications that include ballistic protection, C4ISR, navigation, and night vision.
The modified platforms provide SOF with a low visibility tactical ground vehicle capability to conduct operations in politically or operationally constrained permissive, semi-permissive, or denied operating environments.
The current fleet of NSCVs has been procured under General Services Administration (GSA) purchase agreements in both armoured and unarmoured configurations.
The incumbent provider of armoured NSCVs to USSOCOM is
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