Why ground robotics are now critical in modern combat

Why ground robotics are now critical in modern combat
Why ground robotics are now critical in modern combat

Autonomy in the pursuit of interoperability is today’s path for ground robotics.

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Oshkosh Robotic Combat Vehicle: The evolution continues

Oshkosh Robotic Combat Vehicle: The evolution continues
Oshkosh Robotic Combat Vehicle: The evolution continues

Developed to increase situational awareness, deliver decisive lethality, and provide tactical options in support of multi-domain operations.

Army closing down ‘leader-follower’ robotic truck development, eyeing commercial solutions

Army closing down ‘leader-follower’ robotic truck development, eyeing commercial solutions
Army closing down ‘leader-follower’ robotic truck development, eyeing commercial solutions

Although the service has awarded contracts to wind down leader-follower development and give the experimental trucks back to soldiers, a separate office has launched a prototyping competition.

‘Not the right time’: US to push guidelines, not bans, at UN meeting on autonomous weapons

‘Not the right time’: US to push guidelines, not bans, at UN meeting on autonomous weapons
‘Not the right time’: US to push guidelines, not bans, at UN meeting on autonomous weapons

Last week, 33 nations called for a global treaty restricting “lethal autonomous weapons.” But US officials warn that such a ban would be both premature and overly narrow, preferring broader but non-binding “best practices” guiding any military employment of AI.

DoD’s clarified AI policy flashes ‘green light’ for robotic weapons: Experts

DoD’s clarified AI policy flashes ‘green light’ for robotic weapons: Experts
DoD’s clarified AI policy flashes ‘green light’ for robotic weapons: Experts

The revised DoD Directive 3000.09 refines an obscure review process, adding broad AI ethics principles but still not actually forbidding development or deployment of would-be killer robots.

Lighter, hybrid, & highly automated: the Army’s next-gen armor

Lighter, hybrid, & highly automated: the Army’s next-gen armor
Lighter, hybrid, & highly automated: the Army’s next-gen armor

Experimental Robotic Combat Vehicles and virtual designs for Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicles are exploring bold new possibilities.

Teledyne-FLIR Merger Creates Tactical Drone Powerhouse

Teledyne-FLIR Merger Creates Tactical Drone Powerhouse
Teledyne-FLIR Merger Creates Tactical Drone Powerhouse

The combined company will offer a wide range of unmanned vehicles (mostly small ones) for air, land, sea, and underwater, said exec Roger Wells.

Inside Russia’s Robot Army: Rhetoric vs. Reality

Inside Russia’s Robot Army: Rhetoric vs. Reality
Inside Russia’s Robot Army: Rhetoric vs. Reality

Russia has big ambitions for unmanned systems, said CNA scholar Sam Bendett, but it faces the same technical hurdles as the US — and shares the same concerns about human control.

ERCA: Army Contracts To Help New Cannon ‘Fire Faster’

ERCA: Army Contracts To Help New Cannon ‘Fire Faster’
ERCA: Army Contracts To Help New Cannon ‘Fire Faster’

Five small businesses won SBIR Phase II awards to build robotic arms to handle shells, software to manage ammo inventory, and other prototype technologies.

Army Still Too Focused On COIN: Fort Benning CO

Army Still Too Focused On COIN: Fort Benning CO
Army Still Too Focused On COIN: Fort Benning CO

“All too often,” the enemy in training scenarios is “two guys… with AK-47s and then another guy with an RPG,” Maj. Gen. Patrick Donahoe says. “That’s not the threat we need to be training our force against today.”

Army Revives ’10x Platoon’ Experiment In Robotics, AI

Army Revives ’10x Platoon’ Experiment In Robotics, AI
Army Revives ’10x Platoon’ Experiment In Robotics, AI

The deadline for industry to submit proposals is May 5. The AI, networking, and robotics experiment, which had been postponed by COVID, will be part of the Project Convergence wargames in 2022.

Future Tank: Beyond The M1 Abrams

Future Tank: Beyond The M1 Abrams
Future Tank: Beyond The M1 Abrams

Manned armored vehicles will have a place even in a world of killer drones, experts agreed. But will they engage the enemy directly with big guns, or stay hidden and send out armed robots instead?

Faster, Tougher, Smarter: Army’s Future Armored Force EXCLUSIVE

Faster, Tougher, Smarter: Army’s Future Armored Force EXCLUSIVE
Faster, Tougher, Smarter: Army’s Future Armored Force EXCLUSIVE

Adding robot scouts and replacing vintage vehicles – the M113, the M2 Bradley, and potentially even the M1 Abrams – will make heavy brigades much more mobile, lethal, and aware of threats, Maj. Gen. Richard Ross Coffman says.

Army Outlines Ambitious Schedule For Robots, Armor

Army Outlines Ambitious Schedule For Robots, Armor
Army Outlines Ambitious Schedule For Robots, Armor

The Army is testing the MPF light tank; evaluating concepts for the OMFV troop carrier; preparing for major tests of high-tech Robotic Combat Vehicles and workhorse Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicles in 2022; and will test a full battalion of 18 ERCA howitzers in 2023.