Army looking to add mobile C2 capabilities onto Infantry Squad Vehicles
At the request of some of its units, the Army is looking to add “command and control on the move” capabilities to Infantry Squad Vehicles, according to a notice posted Thursday on a government contracting website.
The call for solutions comes as the Army is moving to enhance its networks with initiatives like C2 Fix and Next Gen C2. Service leaders are concerned that static command posts are becoming more vulnerable to drones and other systems that could enable adversaries to locate and strike them on the battlefield. Providing greater mobility is a means of enhancing U.S. forces’ survivability.
“During the Command and Control on the Move (C2 OTM) fielding as part of the C2FIX effort, Product Manager Command Post Modernization (PdM CPMod) received several requests from units to integrate Command and Control (C2) systems on Infantry Squad Vehicles (ISVs) instead of High Mobility Multi-Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs) for which PdM CPMod had been directed to utilize,” according to the notice.
The product manager is looking for industry to integrate C2 systems onto ISVs that will be taken to unit exercises for “soldier touchpoints” and to “drive demand.”
The service plans to use other transaction agreements and a commercial solutions opening contracting mechanism for the prototyping effort.
Awardees would be expected to deliver three integrated prototypes to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, within four months after award, including two ISV-squad vehicles and one ISV-utility platform integrated with B-kit equipment consisting of six components.
“The integrated systems shall function On the Move and At the Quick Halt,” officials wrote in the call for solutions, noting that the C2 systems must be able to be dismounted from a vehicle by just two soldiers and reset in a new location in less than 30 minutes.
The deadline for industry to submit solution briefs is April 8.
ISVs, which are built by GM Defense, can be carried and air-dropped by large transport aircraft such as C-17s, C-130s and A-400Ms, internally hauled by CH/MH-47 Chinook, CH-53E Super Stallion and CH-53K King Stallion helicopters, and sling-loaded under the UH-60 Black Hawk.
About three years ago, the Army approved the ISV program’s transition to full-rate production with an acquisition objective of nearly 2,600 vehicles. As of November 2025, the Army reported that more than 1,100 platforms had been delivered to mobile brigade combat teams, airborne units and a Ranger regiment, according to a Congressional Research Service report.
