U.S. Army To Test An Entire Company Of Unmanned Combat Vehicles In A Simulated Battle Next Year

A prototype next-generation robotic combat vehicle from General Dynamics Land Systems, on display during the AUSA conference in Washington, D.C., October 12, 2021 Patrick Tucker / Defense One  

Defense One: US Army to Stage Largest Robot Tank Experiment Ever 

Its lessons will inform the Army’s next-gen-unmanned-vehicles plan to ask tech firms to deliver the brains and established firms to deliver the wheels. 

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U.S. Army intends to test an entire company of unmanned combat vehicles in simulated battle next year, a wargame that leaders called unprecedented and a big step toward refining the hardware and software that will one day enable wheeled robots to take the battlefield. 

Gen. Ross Coffman, the director of Army Futures Command’s Next Generation Combat Cross-Functional Team, told reporters at AUSA this week that the closest thing to the Army’s upcoming robot exercise at Fort Hood, Texas, was last year’s platoon-sized effort at Fort Carson, Colorado. 

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WNU Editor: The U.S. is behind Russia in developing these platforms .... Russia's robot tanks impress at Zapad war games (Asia times). More here .... Russia is building a GIANT robot army (PHOTOS) (Russia Beyond).

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