{"id":14631,"date":"2018-06-28T17:30:43","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T17:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2018\/06\/28\/from-a-bradley-replacement-to-soldier-controlled-robot-swarms-big-moves-coming-with-army-robots\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:17:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:17:31","slug":"from-a-bradley-replacement-to-soldier-controlled-robot-swarms-big-moves-coming-with-army-robots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/unmanned\/2018\/06\/28\/from-a-bradley-replacement-to-soldier-controlled-robot-swarms-big-moves-coming-with-army-robots\/","title":{"rendered":"From a Bradley replacement to soldier-controlled robot swarms, big moves coming with Army robots"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=71e926fe-dc91-42b2-86a3-903ad3047b19\" poster=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-71e926fe-dc91-42b2-86a3-903ad3047b19.jpg\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This year, two Army IBCTs and a not-yet-disclosed Marine unit will be testing variants of a load-bearing robot vehicle. Todd South tells us more.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the next few months, soldiers, scientists and top Army officials will establish how troops will use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/off-duty\/gearscout\/2018\/05\/17\/were-about-to-find-out-if-this-optionally-manned-polaris-atv-could-help-shoulder-a-soldiers-combat-load\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">robots<\/a>, from a single soldier directing a robot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/01\/08\/drone-swarm-tactics-get-tryout-for-infantry-to-use-in-urban-battlespace\/\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\">swarm <\/a>to an optionally-manned Bradley replacement that will control its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2017\/10\/09\/the-army-is-working-on-combat-deployable-robots\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">robot <\/a>wingman vehicles in future combat formations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The future of combined ground and air operations for the base of the ground forces, the squads and companies that do the lead fighting from scouts to riflemen, will see automation increased the range and effects of every soldier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those pending developments and others involving robotics and automation in scout and infantry units were outlined Wednesday in a conference call with reporters by two officials at the center of everything robot in the Army \u2013 Don Sando, deputy to the commanding general of the Maneuver Center of Excellence and John Miller, the deputy director of the Army\u2019s Cross Functional Team that oversees the Next Generation Combat Vehicle, also out of MCOE at Fort Benning, Georgia.<\/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\/05\/27\/one-of-these-four-robot-vehicles-could-take-the-load-off-army-squads\/\" 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\/SMET-concept-1.jpg-1.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\">One of these four robot vehicles could take the load off Army squads<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Army recently displayed four options for a robot vehicle that will be delivered to the 10th Mountain Division, the 101st Airborne Division and a not-yet-named Marine unit for a year&#039;s worth of testing.<\/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\">Soldiers have been working with low-level drones, throwable robots and are in the beginning stages of testing the latest robot to enter the formation, the Squad Multipurpose Equipment Transport. But as early as September some soldiers will be using surrogate robots to test out the potential uses of optionally manning the NGCV and its cohort, the Robotic Combat Vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Previously, the two were tied together in development, but Miller said the new focus is to speed up the NGCV, which will replace the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, an armored, armed infantry transport that sits at the center of many mechanized combat formations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSenior leadership has us emphasizing the Bradley replacement,\u201d Miller said. \u201cThe effort going on is to find the right mix between fielding capability as fast as we can and balancing that with room to grow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Work being done at Fort Benning will inform the somewhat more complex project of developing the Robotic Combat Vehicle, which ultimately will serve as a kind of ground \u201cwingman\u201d to the NGCV in the formations, taking its directions from personnel and automated systems in the NGCV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The optionally manned abilities of the NGCV will give soldiers control but also allow them to dismount and fight if needed while the vehicle continues to take care of some tasks. The goal is to have an NGCV that can be upgraded as new technologies allow for more and more automation.<\/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\/12\/this-is-what-the-armys-next-generation-combat-vehicles-are-going-to-be-able-to-do\/\" 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=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3796714.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\">This is what the Army\u2019s next-generation combat vehicles are going to be able to do<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Army leaders are building in manned and unmanned options into all future ground and helicopter vehicles. This gives commanders on the ground the choice on how to employ their forces.<\/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\">In March, Brig. Gen. David Lesperance, head of the CFT for the NGCV, which is one of the Army\u2019s big six modernization priorities, told Military Times sister publication <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2018\/03\/16\/first-next-gen-combat-vehicle-and-robotic-wingman-prototypes-to-emerge-in-2020\/\" title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\" target=\"_blank\" data-original-title=\"\" aria-describedby=\"popover210257\">Defense News<\/a> that both the NGCV and RCV will have initial prototypes ready for soldier evaluations by 2020, with follow-on prototypes ready by 2022 and 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the time the RCV was the main priority, while the NGCV was the secondary priority. That appears to have flipped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Simultaneously, experts at Benning and elsewhere are nearing completion on developing the key component for the next phase of soldier-robot teaming \u2013 a common controller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Miller said assessments on some common controller systems were done last year and three versions proved \u201cfeasible.\u201d The key for the controller is that a soldier can train on one system for all air and ground robot assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army will select a common controller by mid-2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which brings developers closer to the main goal \u2013 the ability for one soldier to control multiple robots or \u201cswarms\u201d at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But first, soldiers and developers must see what problems might be solved, and created, by putting more robots in the hands of 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