The company delivered its first prototype to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, on August 21, according to a September 1 announcement. Additional prototypes are being assembled, so GDLS brought a 1:8-scale model to the Washington exhibition.
“This on-time delivery will allow Soldiers to start putting the Wolf through its paces, with the ultimate goal of getting it fielded into armored brigades as quickly as possible,” said Geoff Norman, director of strategy at GDLS. The prototype’s delivery preceded the October 12–14 AUSA event.
“I would like to congratulate our XM30 team on the successful design and production of this game-changing solution,” Norman said. “The Wolf is the most technologically advanced combat vehicle ever assembled.”
Warning: There has been a Wolf sighting at AUSA 2026!
The Wolf XM30 mechanized infantry combat vehicle is purpose-built as a leap-ahead replacement for the Bradley fighting vehicle, with improved survivability, lethality, mobility and fightability.
Shown at AUSA as a one-eighth-scale model, the Wolf XM30 implements the Army’s imperative for a Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) to software and hardware architectures from inception.
With a born-digital design, the Wolf XM30 carries a digital thread beyond engineering and into verification, production, support and sustainment.
Its mission is to deliver Soldiers to a point of positional advantage and provide decisive lethality in support of Infantry squads and Cavalry scouts.
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Open architecture and digital design
GDLS said Wolf incorporates the Army’s Modular Open Systems Approach, or MOSA, into its software and hardware architectures from inception. The company identifies improved survivability, lethality, mobility and fightability as objectives of the design.
“With a born-digital design, the Wolf XM30 carries a digital thread beyond engineering and into verification, production, support and sustainment,” GDLS said in a social media statement. That digital approach covers the vehicle’s development, manufacturing and support.
“Its mission is to deliver Soldiers to a point of positional advantage and provide decisive lethality in support of Infantry squads and Cavalry scouts,” the company said. Wolf accommodates a two-person crew and up to six soldiers in its rear troop compartment.
Hybrid propulsion and an uncrewed turret
The driver and commander-gunner sit side by side behind the power compartment. Wolf uses hybrid-electric propulsion intended to retain a power reserve for future upgrades, although total output has not been disclosed.
The design descends from the Griffin III demonstrator shown at AUSA 2018, which was based on a substantially modified European ASCOD 2 platform. Wolf retains a broadly similar chassis layout but changes the running gear, protection and turret.
Its running gear is adapted for lighter composite tracks and protected by side armor. The vehicle also has an all-round observation system.
The model features a lower-profile uncrewed turret with a 50 mm XM913 cannon. Visible equipment also includes smoke-grenade launchers and a roof-mounted electro-optical unit.
Details of the final configuration remain limited. The available material does not confirm additional weapons or a hard-kill active protection system.
