GDLS said the Wolf XM30 is designed to improve survivability, lethality, mobility and fightability over the Bradley. Its role is to deliver soldiers to a position of advantage and provide firepower for infantry squads and cavalry scouts.
The vehicle incorporates the Army’s Modular Open Systems Approach, or MOSA, into its hardware and software architectures from the outset. Its digital design carries a digital thread beyond engineering into verification, production, support and sustainment.
GDLS will display the XM30 model at booth 703 alongside technologies for armored vehicles and short-range air defense. These include the upgraded PERCH 2.0 loitering munition kit, M-SHORAD Increment 4 and the F600 Leonidas counter-drone vehicle.
We considered many options when naming our XM30 candidate.
But in the end, we knew it had to be the Wolf 🐺
“Soldiers want to be in the most lethal vehicle on the battlefield. It is at the top of the food chain, and it also hunts in packs, just like our infantry fight in squads.”
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— General Dynamics Land Systems (@GD_LandSystems) September 30, 2026
PERCH 2.0 will make its debut at AUSA following upgrades to the Precision Effects & Reconnaissance, Canister-Housed technology developed with AeroVironment. The modular kit fits M1A2 Abrams SEPv3 tanks and Stryker vehicles, providing beyond-line-of-sight surveillance and over-the-horizon strike capability through Switchblade SB300 loitering munitions.
The upgrade allows crews to detect and engage targets at extended ranges and launch munitions without opening their hatches. GDLS said reloading is also easier than with PERCH 1.0, reflecting lessons from the MARS demonstration in 2025.
The company’s M-SHORAD Increment 4 solution uses a modular, platform-agnostic architecture built around a Self-Loading Equipment Dock, known as SLED. Light, medium and heavy variants carry sensors and weapons mounted on different remote weapon stations.
The system is intended to provide defensive fires for the Army’s Mobile Brigade Combat Team and is interoperable with the service’s command-and-control systems. It supports counter-drone operations both independently and as part of a network.
The F600 Leonidas combines Epirus’ high-power microwave drone-defeat technology with a commercial Ford F600 chassis modified by GDLS for military use. The modifications include higher-capacity suspension, a robust drivetrain and increased power generation.
The vehicle integrates with Forward Area Air Defense Command and Control, or FAAD C2, to provide a mobile layer of defense against unmanned aircraft. It can also deliver effects beyond its microwave capability, including through conventional kinetic systems.
