The MUTT, which provides both wheeled and tracked variants, is a rugged, reliable small-unit force multiplier providing increased battlefield capabilities. A...
FLIR Systems has reached an agreement to purchase Endeavor Robotics from private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners for USD385 million, with the deal expected to be finalised in the next couple of weeks.
ELTA's unmanned autonomous armored vehicles for a multitude of missions – utilizing advanced robotics, autonomous navigation capability, command & control modules, sensors and payload integration to provide the best-in-class tailored solutions for customer needs.
Russia plans to test swarms of ground robots later in 2020, betting that military robots will be faster, more discriminating in target selection and more accurate than human soldiers.
Der Einsatz von UGVs (Unmanned Ground Vehicles/Unbemannte Landfahrzeuge) gewinnt bei taktischen Operationen zunehmend an Bedeutung. Neben den schnellen Entwicklungsfortschritten bei unbemannten Luftfahrzeugen (UAV) verfügen auch UGVs über richtungsweisende Technologien hinsichtlich zukünftiger militärischer Einsatzszenarien.
In den gleichen Reihen wie die Pionierroboter befand sich auch ein universeller Roboter-Feuerlöschkomplex Uran-14, dessen Ausrüstung das Löschen eines Feuers mit kontinuierlichem Wasserschaum in einer Entfernung von bis zu 50 Metern ermöglicht.
Gemeinsamen mit den Niederlanden beschafft das estnische Zentrum für Verteidigungsinvestitionen (ECDI) sieben unbemannte Bodenfahrzeuge (Unmanned Ground Vehicles, UGV). Vier davon werden an die Niederlande und drei an Estland ausgeliefert. Estland wird die Fahrzeuge noch im Oktober 2020 erhalten, die Koninklijke Landmacht wird ihre erst in einigen Monaten.
The Chinese Army is preparing to deploy small, new, tracked war-robots armed with machine guns, night vision, missile loaders and camera sensors to conduct attacks while leaving manned systems at safer stand-off distances.
Russian company Uralvagonzavod (UVZ) is developing two unmanned variants of the T-72B3 main battle tank (MBT), the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on its website on 12 August.
The Łukasiewicz Research Network’s PIAP Institute, teamed with the CRW Telesystem-Mesko company, unveiled a demonstrator of the ASBOP-Perkun autonomous air defence system at the International Defence Industry Exhibition MSPO being held in Kielce, Poland, from 3–6 September.
In the 2001 National Defense Authorization Act, Congress set an objective of increasing the number of remote-controlled and unmanned systems in service with the US Army. The goal was that by 2015 a third of operational ground combat vehicles would be unmanned. However, this goal was not met. Scott Alexander reports
Estonia signed an agreement with six countries on the development of the Modular Unmanned Ground Systems (MUGS), financed by the European Defence Fund (EDF), the Estonian Centre for Defence Investment (ECDI) announced in a press release on 23 August. The project, led by Estonia and including Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Latvia, and Spain, aims to develop an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), command-and-control system, cyber defence, and integrated sensor network. MUGS will initially improve battlefield situational awareness and the efficiency of the manoeuvring and transport capabilities of units, according to the ECDI.