The Penhtagon Wants Robot Tanks And Ground Drones That Can Operate Independently

Soldiers of the 25th Infantry Division explain the capabilities of the multipurpose unmanned tactical transport.

We Are The Mighty/Warrior Maven: The Army wants robot attack tanks and ground war drones

The Army is engineering high-tech autonomy kits designed to give "robot" tanks and other armored combat vehicles an ability to operate with little or no human intervention, bringing new tactical and operational dimensions to the future of ground combat.

Unmanned systems, utilized in a fast-evolving, high-threat ground combat operation, could enable robot vehicles to carry supplies, test enemy defenses and even fire weapons — all while manned vehicles operate at a safer distance.

"A kit of hardware and software can be installed into different ground platforms to increase the level of autonomy," Osie David, Chief Engineer for Mission Command, Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center, told Warrior Maven in an interview.

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