Robotic moves: Army picks 8 tech companies to compete Robotic Combat Vehicle pieces

Robotic moves: Army picks 8 tech companies to compete Robotic Combat Vehicle pieces
Robotic moves: Army picks 8 tech companies to compete Robotic Combat Vehicle pieces

The companies received contracts for one of three areas — autonomous navigation, machine learning and autonomy, or software system integrators.

Gen Z gamers help Army race towards robotic future force

Gen Z gamers help Army race towards robotic future force
Gen Z gamers help Army race towards robotic future force

With the Robotic Combat Vehicle Light set to enter service in 2028, young soldiers are providing vital feedback on prototypes, tactics and user-friendly interfaces.

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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 taps 4 teams to build new Robotic Combat Vehicle-Light prototypes

Army taps 4 teams to build new Robotic Combat Vehicle-Light prototypes
Army taps 4 teams to build new Robotic Combat Vehicle-Light prototypes

Each company is now tasked with building and delivering two RCV-Ls to the Army by August 2024.

Army ‘very close’ on contracts for Robotic Combat Vehicle program

Army ‘very close’ on contracts for Robotic Combat Vehicle program
Army ‘very close’ on contracts for Robotic Combat Vehicle program

The Army plans to select up to four vendors for the designing, prototyping, and building a lightweight, easily transportable robotic platform.

Pentagon officials, industry leaders lay out 3 secrets for speedier software

Pentagon officials, industry leaders lay out 3 secrets for speedier software
Pentagon officials, industry leaders lay out 3 secrets for speedier software

“We can’t do our best work unless we’re involved a lot earlier,” said Mandy Long, CEO of BigBear.ai.

Can the Army’s robotics programs build AI the Silicon Valley way?

Can the Army’s robotics programs build AI the Silicon Valley way?
Can the Army’s robotics programs build AI the Silicon Valley way?

DIU has brokered a potentially groundbreaking contract between the Army’s Robotic Combat Vehicle program and a small California firm that trains AI algorithms to navigate off-road.

‘Lightning in a bottle’: Inside the ‘Origin’ of the Army’s future robotic fleet

‘Lightning in a bottle’: Inside the ‘Origin’ of the Army’s future robotic fleet
‘Lightning in a bottle’: Inside the ‘Origin’ of the Army’s future robotic fleet

The Army’s Project Origin robots have already changed the battlefield in exercises, but the office running the program says they’re just getting started.

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.

Army’s robotic vehicle slipped behind ‘enemy’ lines in European exercise

Army’s robotic vehicle slipped behind ‘enemy’ lines in European exercise
Army’s robotic vehicle slipped behind ‘enemy’ lines in European exercise

A June exercise provided insight into how robots can speed up the pace of battle, and how the US Army, and its allies, needs to plan to defeat them.

Green Berets, weaponized robots team up for offensive operations

Green Berets, weaponized robots team up for offensive operations
Green Berets, weaponized robots team up for offensive operations

The Army’s Project Origin tech demonstrator helped clear objectives and mask soldier movements during a two-week experiment at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah.

Three US Army vehicle upgrade programs look smart after Russia’s Ukraine debacle

Three US Army vehicle upgrade programs look smart after Russia’s Ukraine debacle
Three US Army vehicle upgrade programs look smart after Russia’s Ukraine debacle

US investments, from scout robots to anti-drone and anti-missile defenses, look remarkably smart after Russian forces ran into repeated ambushes in Ukraine.

Diagnosing robots from afar: Army nears phase 2 in unmanned vehicle program

Diagnosing robots from afar: Army nears phase 2 in unmanned vehicle program
Diagnosing robots from afar: Army nears phase 2 in unmanned vehicle program

Without a soldier in the driver’s seat, the Army wants high-tech sensors to sound the alarm when something is wrong, or even predict when it will be.

In first, Army soldiers fight with, and against, robotic vehicles in training

In first, Army soldiers fight with, and against, robotic vehicles in training
In first, Army soldiers fight with, and against, robotic vehicles in training

Two robot vehicles provided route reconnaissance, blocked an intersection and denied a helicopter landing zone during the JRTC rotation — all critical but potentially deadly tasks for soldiers.