Solicitation for Bradley replacement offers flexibility for foreign participation December 18, 2020 The U.S. Army’s previous attempt to replace its Bradley vehicles required the delivery of physical bid samples, which hamstrung foreign competitor Rheinmetall of Germany, who builds the KF 41 Lynx, shown here at the company's facility in Unterleuss, Germany. (Jeff Martin/Staff) The OMFV competition has foreign industry jumping to join in with new and modernized platforms, and the Army appears to be ditching much of the restrictions that would typically keep them out. Rheinmetall has already partnered with American firms Raytheon and Textron to solidify its participation in the competition, but many other companies are poised to submit bids to design concepts.