{"id":34443,"date":"2023-10-10T22:42:58","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T22:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2023\/10\/10\/competing-robotic-vehicles-on-display-after-army-signals-new-approach\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:43:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:43:22","slug":"competing-robotic-vehicles-on-display-after-army-signals-new-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/unmanned\/2023\/10\/10\/competing-robotic-vehicles-on-display-after-army-signals-new-approach\/","title":{"rendered":"Competing robotic vehicles on display after Army signals new approach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The four companies vying for the Army\u2019s robotic combat vehicle program displayed prototypes at this year\u2019s Association of the US Army conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The RCV is an unmanned system meant to serve alongside manned units, part of a larger slate of updated ground combatants \u2014 the Next Generation Combat Vehicles \u2014 the Army is acquiring. Its missions will include ones that would pose a high threat to soldiers, such as approaching enemy forces for intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McQ, Textron Systems, General Dynamics Land Systems and Oshkosh Defense were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2023\/09\/21\/army-picks-four-to-build-robotic-combat-vehicle-prototypes\/\">selected to compete for the light model of the RCV in late September<\/a>. The Army\u2019s framework for the program has since changed, though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This month, the service announced it was no longer seeking separate light, medium and heavy models. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/unmanned\/2023\/10\/09\/robot-army-of-one-service-focuses-on-single-robotic-combat-vehicle\/\">Instead, it would focus on a single size<\/a>, somewhere between the former light and medium requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s really now about payload,\u201d as opposed to size, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/unmanned\/2023\/10\/09\/robot-army-of-one-service-focuses-on-single-robotic-combat-vehicle\/\">Maj. Gen. Glenn Dean, the chief program officer for ground combat systems, told Defense News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this first phase of the competition each company was awarded just under $25 million to submit two prototypes to the Army for testing and evaluation by August of 2024. In fiscal year 2025, the service will then choose a winner to provide nine more prototypes. The first unit is meant to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2023\/09\/21\/army-picks-four-to-build-robotic-combat-vehicle-prototypes\/\">fielded in 2028.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Based in Fredericksburg, Virginia, McQ is working as the prime on a team that includes BAE Systems and HDT Expeditionary Systems, the lead vehicle developer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Wolf-X, their offering, is the only one with wheels, as opposed to tread. These \u201ctweels\u201d are designed by Michelin with spokes that compress against the surface they\u2019re traveling on, almost like the foam on the sole of a running shoe. HDT argued these increase the vehicle\u2019s nimbleness, stealth and durability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the company, the Wolf-X runs on a hybrid diesel and electric engine and can sustain speeds above 40 miles per hour. Its range extends past 150 miles, and fitted with the base equipment required by the Army \u2014 fuel, munitions, a weapons system and UAS \u2014 it weighs around 16,000 pounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt meets all the Army\u2019s requirements for both the base vehicle, that\u2019s relatively lightweight, as well as it can carry more than the Army\u2019s required payloads,\u201d said Thomas Van Doren, chief technology officer and vice president of engineering at HDT. \u201cThis has a significant amount of growth capability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On display two floors below, the Textron Systems RIPSAW M3 is a part of the company\u2019s larger family of RIPSAW vehicles. Their larger M5 was among the entries competing for the Army\u2019s RCV medium model before the competition was deferred in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of commonality between our medium and our light,\u201d said Dave Phillips, Textron senior vice president for land and sea systems. He noted that 75% of the two vehicles\u2019 line replaceable units are the same, arguing that their experience with the M5 is now informing their lighter model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The M3\u2032s 80-inch wide chassis has a curb weight of 13,000 pounds and can support 5,000 pounds of payload, Phillips said. According to the company, their offering has a 140-mile range, can move at more than 30 miles per hour and has undergone 1,200 miles of operational testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At last year\u2019s Army conference, Textron displayed an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/ausa\/2022\/10\/10\/textron-unveils-its-ground-robot-that-can-swim\/\">earlier model of their M3 with the ability to \u201cswim.\u201d<\/a> Their current prototype no longer has the same capability. But it includes traits, such as buoyancy, that could make it easy to add back again were the Army to require it in later phases of the vehicle, Phillips said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI do believe ultimately, they\u2019re going to want to do wet gap crossing,\u201d he said. \u201cSo we\u2019ve kept that native capability in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oshkosh Defense, meanwhile, is working on a prototype for the RCV on a team that has seven combined years of experience working on the program. In an interview with Defense News, Chief Programs Officer Pat Williams argued this experience was crucial to their offering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Williams pointed to cooling as an example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis RCV is a battery powered vehicle basically in a steel shell,\u201d he said. \u201cSo there\u2019s not a lot of room for airflow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Years of testing, Williams said, helped reduce the resulting instances of overheating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oshkosh declined to provide vehicle specifics. Their model on display at the conference featured a 30 mm turret and payload to counter unmanned aerial systems. Their offering isn\u2019t limited to such systems, though, Williams said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is a payload agnostic platform,\u201d he said. \u201cWe can integrate whatever you want on it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The General Dynamics Land Systems offering is its TRX (pronounced T-rex) platform, which at the conference supported a short range air defense, or SHORAD, system as a payload.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TRX is a five-ton vehicle with a five-ton payload capacity, according to GDLS. Showcasing it with equipped air defense \u2014 usually reserved for larger systems, like a Stryker \u2014 was mean to exhibit the vehicle\u2019s versatility, said Ray Moldovan, business development manager at General Dynamics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s not necessarily showing that there\u2019s a pathway for the SHORAD turret, what we\u2019re showing is the capability of the TRX itself,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GDLS has experimented with other payloads on the vehicle, said Moldovan, including, among others, one that deploys small missile systems, one with an arm to quickly move obstacles, and one that performs autonomous resupply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe can take fielded capabilities and adapt them for the uncrewed system and show a little bit of flexibility there,\u201d said Moldovan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The four companies have until August 2024 to provide 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