The US design community, Local Motors, has unveiled its new creation - the XC2V FLYPMode concept army armored car, created in close cooperation with the DARPA agency.
The history of the creation of the project is quite ordinary: the US military decided to compare the results of research of well-known defense companies and the so-called "collective intelligence". With the help of Local Motors, an open competition was launched in February of this year, all participants of which had the opportunity to propose their own project of a high-speed vehicle for transporting people and oversized cargo in a real battle. The winner of the announced competition was V. Garcia, a graduate of the Art Center College of Design in California. He received an award in the amount of $ 7,500 for his work, and specialists from the Local Motors company began the technical implementation of the project. The first working prototype of the XC2V took only 14 weeks to build. The car is designed to carry four people, including the driver, under the hood of the XC2V - the most powerful engine from the Chevrolet Corvette.
The prototype is an example of a versatile military vehicle that is capable of participating in real hostilities, as well as taking out wounded soldiers from the battlefield. The basic model assumes the installation of all kinds of weapons. DARPA did not disclose all the details about the created XC2V car, hiding the most interesting from possible competitors - its main technical characteristics, as well as the approximate cost of one copy.
DARPA predicts a cloudless future for the XC2V SUV, indicating that its conceptual qualities can be used in both the defense industry and the civilian auto industry. Its versatility makes it possible to perfectly adapt to modern requirements for military equipment. According to official information, the serial version of the DARPA XC2V armored car will be produced under the name - FANG, which stands for Fast Adaptable Next-Generation Ground Combat Vehicle. The developers noted that their XC2V prototype was created without the slightest government intervention, which ultimately will cost the customer less than other vehicles that are being developed by order of the government. In addition, DARPA XC2V was created by the forces of people who have nothing to do with government structures - it was just a separate group of enthusiasts united by a common idea.
