In September 2023, the U.S. Army announced that it had canceled the planned M1A2 SEPv4 variant and would instead redirect resources into a new variant of the Abrams tank, named M1E3. [132]

Oct 6, 2022 · The US Army is testing a prototype M1A2 SEPv4 Abrams tank in Arizona and hopes to field the first operational examples in Fiscal Year 2025.

The Abrams M1A2 is an Acquisition Category IC program. The Army is incrementally upgrading the tank design through engineering change proposals. The current SEPv4 is known as the lethality upgrade. …

Feb 1, 2025 · The M1E3 will seek to build on the existing success of the M1A2 Abrams and will replace the need for a standalone SEPv4 program. The U.S. Army's decision to forgo the SEPv4 in favor of …

May 29, 2025 · The US Army cancelled the M1A2 SEPv4 Abrams tank upgrade due to excessive weight, shifting to the M1E3 which will feature hybrid-electric power, an unmanned turret, AI, and …

Sep 6, 2023 · WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is scrapping its current upgrade plans for the Abrams main battle tank and pursuing a more significant modernization effort to increase its mobility and …

Nov 16, 2016 · The Army is now engineering a far-superior M1A2 SEP v4 Abrams tank variant for the 2020s and beyond –designed to be more lethal, faster, lighter weight, better protected, equipped with …

Apr 21, 2025 · The M1A2 SEPv4 introduces third-generation forward-looking infrared (FLIR) sensors, upgraded fire control systems, new countermeasures, and enhanced networking capabilities.

Jan 5, 2022 · In late 2017, the Abrams Modernization Team received the Abrams SEPv4 ECP contract, which will upgrade the M1A2 SEPv3 to M1A2 SEPv4 Abrams tank.

Sep 9, 2023 · The U.S. Army is pushing ahead with plans for a next-generation M1 Abrams main battle tank, which the service is calling “M1E3,” having now decided to axe development of the M1A2 …