{"id":44836,"date":"2018-04-10T21:59:19","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T21:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/10\/these-two-army-bcts-will-be-the-first-to-put-robotic-vehicles-in-their-formations\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:36:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:36:58","slug":"these-two-army-bcts-will-be-the-first-to-put-robotic-vehicles-in-their-formations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2018\/04\/10\/these-two-army-bcts-will-be-the-first-to-put-robotic-vehicles-in-their-formations\/","title":{"rendered":"These two Army BCTs will be the first to put robotic vehicles in their formations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/03\/23\/two-army-brigade-combat-teams-will-get-to-test-an-autonomous-robot-vehicle-this-year\/\" title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\" target=\"_blank\">Army\u2019s <\/a>101st Airborne Division and 10th Mountain Division will be the first to bring a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2017\/10\/09\/the-army-is-working-on-combat-deployable-robots\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">robotic <\/a>combat vehicle into their formations later this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bryan McVeigh, project manager for the Army\u2019s Force Protection Robotics Portfolio, laid out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2017\/12\/14\/four-companies-advance-to-build-armys-equipment-transport-ground-robot\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">testing <\/a>and acquisition for the Squad Multipurpose Equipment Transport at the National Defense Industry Association\u2019s Ground Robotics Capabilities Conference Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By this summer, the 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division of Fort Drum, New York, and the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division of Fort Campbell, Kentucky, will get to test the vehicle and provide feedback on what is likely to be the first major autonomous robotic vehicle in Army formations.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2018\/04\/10\/heres-how-air-and-ground-robots-working-together-will-change-infantry-tactics\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/robot.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Here\u2019s how air and ground robots working together will change infantry tactics<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Robots in the air and on the ground will give dismounted troops a standoff capability they&#039;ve never had at such a low level before, experts say.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The SMET will be an autonomous ground vehicle capable of carrying up to 1,000 pounds of gear over 60 miles in 72 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Based on McVeigh\u2019s presentation, the Army could eventually acquire as many as 5,723 of the vehicles. And they must come in under $100,000 each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A recent competition at Fort Benning, Georgia, that lasted nearly a month put submissions through a torture test that included running through swamps, dense forests, inclines and declines in rough terrain, McVeigh said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2018\/03\/25\/two-army-brigade-combat-teams-will-get-to-test-an-autonomous-robot-vehicle-this-year\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Squad-Multipurpose-Equipment-Transport-concept-art.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Two Army brigade combat teams will get to test an autonomous robot vehicle this year<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Two brigade combat teams will receive the Squad Multipurpose Equipment Transport vehicle for testing this year. 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