Northrop Grumman subsidiary Remotec is under contact to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) to convert a Caterpillar Telehandler 1255 lift truck into a teleoperated UGV for the removal of cars suspected of carrying improvised explosive devices.
The new UGV, nicknamed ‘Bat Cat’ by the LAPD because of its black colour scheme, is expected to be delivered by January.
Remotec says the conversion is leveraging systems fielded as part of the company’s ‘Beast’ UGV developed for the Israeli military from a standard Bobcat backhoe.
“The capabilities that it utilises are a Remotec radio control. It weighs about30,000lbs, it will lift