The U.S. Army Wants Robots

The Army has looked at the Navy's Fire Scout, but has yet to field a vertical take off and landing drone.

Army Determined to Integrate Robots Into Force Despite Budget Pressures -- National Defense

The Army must take what it has learned using robotic systems over the past decade of fighting and fully integrate them into the force even though current fiscal restraints will make that challenging, a senior officer said Aug. 13.

"We will leverage what we have learned and put that against where we want to go," said Lt. Gen. James O. Barclay III, deputy chief of staff, Army G-8, at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International conference in Washington, D.C.

"As I take a look at the modernization roadmap to the future for the Army ... we have to provide affordable, modernized force that is both manned and unmanned, and that can team together," he said.

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My Comment: With budget pressures being felt everywhere, this is one program that the US Army will probably postpone.