美国陆军下一代战车原型之一终于被服役人员看到并操作，他们将来有一天会驾驶最终产品。
One of the U.S. Army’s next-gen combat vehicle prototypes is finally being seen and operated by the service members who will one day steer the final product.
美国莱茵金属公司是两家被选中为陆军M2布拉德利步兵战车开发替代品的国防公司之一，该公司于9月宣布将其Lynx XM30原型交付给陆军。陆军在允许士兵加入试错阶段之前进行了初步安全测试。
American Rheinmetall, one of two defense companies chosen to develop replacements for the Army’s M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle, announced in September the delivery of its Lynx XM30 prototype to the service. The Army conducted initial safety tests before allowing soldiers to join the trial-and-error phase.
“它现在已经到了士兵手中，”莱茵金属公司业务发展与战略副总裁克里斯·海格说。“看到他们第一次看到这辆车时眼睛发光，这真的很棒。”虽然海格无法透露士兵在摸索过程中的具体进展，但他确认服役人员已经掌握了这辆车，并且至少能够进入车内并启动它，这标志着陆军战车进入了一个新时代。
“Now it’s in soldiers’ hands,” said Chris Haag, vice president of business development and strategy at Rheinmetall. “Seeing their eyes light up when they got to see the vehicle for the first time is pretty awesome.”While Haag could not disclose where soldiers were along the tinkering process, he confirmed that service members were in possession of the vehicle and were at least able to hop inside and turn it on, beginning a new era for Army combat vehicles.
莱茵金属公司目前正与通用动力陆地系统公司竞争XM30陆军合同，后者将于10月12日至14日在华盛顿特区的美国陆军协会年会暨展览会上展出其Wolf XM30原型。
Rheinmetall is currently competing for the XM30 Army contract with General Dynamics Land Systems, which is unveiling its Wolf XM30 prototype at the Association of the U.S. Army Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C., from Oct. 12 to 14.
陆军于2023年选定这两家公司进行设计阶段的工作，这一过程最终将取代自1980年代起服役的布拉德利战车。
The Army selected the companies in 2023 for the design phase of a process that will eventually replace the Bradley, which arrived in the 1980s.
Lynx XM30专为现代战斗环境设计，该环境充斥着无人机和电子战，就像乌克兰战场上看到的那样。
The Lynx XM30 is designed for modern combat environments riddled with drones and electronic warfare, like those seen in Ukraine.
该车辆将配备混合动力电力传动系统和一个无人操作的50毫米炮塔，其火力将超过布拉德利战车——后者配备的是25毫米M242布什玛斯特机炮。
The vehicle will wield a hybrid-electric powertrain and an uncrewed 50mm turret, providing more firepower than the Bradley, which boasts a 25mm M242 Bushmaster.
海格表示，美国莱茵金属的原型在物理架构方面很可能不会与通用动力的XM30设计有所不同，这意味着Lynx可以通过动力、发动机、变速箱以及士兵在用户界面和整体可操作性方面的体验来区别于竞争对手。
American Rheinmetall’s prototype likely wouldn’t differ from General Dynamics’ XM30 design when it came to physical architecture, Haag said, which meant the Lynx could differentiate itself from competition through aspects like power, engine, transmission and soldiers’ experience with user interface and operability in general.
陆军最初的招标要求开发一种采用模块化、开放式架构的新型战斗车辆，这将使其能够比前代车辆更快速地进行更新。
The Army’s initial solicitation called for a new combat vehicle shaped by a modular, open architecture, which will allow it to undergo updates more swiftly than its predecessor.
在大规模现代化工作中，M2布拉德利步兵战车可能需要返回陆军或制造设施进行大修或模块升级，而XM30则有可能通过软件更新在更短的时间内对系统进行改造，且所需的地理位移更少。
For large modernization efforts, the M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle may have to travel back to an Army or manufacturing facility to undergo overhauls or block upgrades, whereas the XM30 could potentially undergo software updates that revamp the system in a much shorter timeframe and require less geographical displacement.
该公司将在今年年底前向陆军交付七辆更多原型车，这些原型车均属于近7.64亿美元的工程与制造发展合同的一部分，旨在将XM30从数字设计推进到验证阶段。
The company will deliver seven more prototypes to the Army by the end of the year, all part of a nearly $764 million Engineering and Manufacturing Development contract to expand the XM30 from digital design through validation.
关于后续步骤，海格表示，陆军将让士兵对原型车进行测试和评估，驾驶数百英里以检验其优缺点。
Regarding next steps, Haag said the Army will put the prototype through testing and evaluation with soldiers, driving it hundreds of miles to see what works and what doesn’t.
随后，陆军将向美国莱茵金属提供反馈，届时该公司可将这些建议纳入更新的设计中，以争取最终确定一份最终合同。
The service will then provide feedback to American Rheinmetall, at which point the company can incorporate those suggestions into updated designs that it will use to try to nail down a final contract.