“If acquisition reform is going to be successful … it will take us exercising our authority to stop things that don't make sense anymore. Even if they're new,” Army Chief Technology Officer Alex Miller told Breaking Defense.
“How can we make the science and art of one human being able to control lots of different things easy enough to where I don't have to have four operators controlling a [single] robot?” asked Lt. Gen. Robert Rasch.
The MQ-9B and Gambit Series represent parallel capabilities that address global challenges for security head-on.
During testing this summer, one unit decided it needed three control vehicles for every two robots, where only two control vehicles had been expected.