Army Preparing to Field New Unmanned Ground Systems (nationaldefensemagazine.org)
The Army’s push to upgrade its ground robotics fleet is coming to fruition, according to the service.
Over the next 18 months, the Army plans to field four major platforms, Bryan McVeigh, project manager for force projection at the program executive office for combat support and combat service support, noted in an interview with National Defense.
The common robotic system-individual (CRS(I)), man transportable robotic system increment 2 and the common robotic system-heavy, will make up a new family of explosive ordnance disposal robots with the same interoperability profile. Another system, the squad multipurpose … (read more)
