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Recent trials help RCV thinking to evolve

12th October 2020 - 13:15 GMT | by Tim Fish in Auckland

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​Introducing automated vehicles onto the battlefield requires not only a leap in technology but also confidence from the soldiers and operators that they can trust these platforms

The US Army is learning lessons from the latest operational experiments in its Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV) programme.

RCV examines technologies that will allow the future introduction of UGVs into land force structures in a combat role, using a mix of manned and unmanned teaming (MUM-T) platforms.

Brig Gen Ross Coffman, director of the Next Generation Combat Vehicle (NGCV) Cross Functional Team (CFT), told Shephard that the first RCV testing event, held at Fort Carson in July-August 2020, delivered ‘two key takeaways’.

The first is that ‘MUM-T will increase a formation's effectiveness when the following technologies mature: assured control wireless

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Tim Fish is a special correspondent for Shephard Media. Formerly the editor of Land Warfare …

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