{"id":16261,"date":"2021-04-25T13:14:17","date_gmt":"2021-04-25T13:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/04\/25\/army-wants-robots-sensors-to-make-infantry-platoons-10-times-better\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:42:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:42:15","slug":"army-wants-robots-sensors-to-make-infantry-platoons-10-times-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/unmanned\/2021\/04\/25\/army-wants-robots-sensors-to-make-infantry-platoons-10-times-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Army wants robots, sensors to make infantry platoons 10 times better"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the next decade, the Army hopes to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/12\/01\/these-soldiers-ran-a-robot-combat-vehicle-in-rifle-platoon-maneuvers\/\" target=_blank>use robotics and other technologies<\/a> to make a single infantry platoon 10 times more effective on the battlefield than they are today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The program shepherding those tech solutions had planned a demonstration last year, but it had to be put on hold, said Ted Maciuba, deputy director of the Robotics Requirements Division, during the annual industry days conference of the Maneuver Capabilities Development and Integration Directorate at Fort Benning, Georgia, April 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the coming weeks, Maciuba and his team will sort through submitted ideas on how artificial intelligence, sensors, robots and other technology can be used to increase the distance platoons can see and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/11\/06\/the-army-is-looking-for-a-new-machine-gun-and-the-marines-might-get-a-new-caliber-too\/\" target=_blank>shoot<\/a>, and how they can speed up decision-making.<\/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\/2020\/11\/05\/will-the-army-change-the-size-of-the-infantry-squad-a-new-study-is-looking-at-it\/\" 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=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Army-movement-to-contact-explosion.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\">Will the Army change the size of the infantry squad? A new study is looking at it.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The study of squad size includes force on force experiments starting next year.<\/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\">Once the team comes up with tech to demonstrate, the infantry platoon will have work to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The platoons will integrate, in manned-unmanned teams, with robotic \u201cprototype ground, air, water and virtual systems\u201d that increase the unit\u2019s \u201clethality, mobility, protection, situational awareness, endurance, persistence and depth,\u201d according to the presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Planners also expect to see AI tools for making decisions 10 times faster, taking information from a variety of platforms, sensors and higher echelon intelligence to create a \u201ccoherent picture and provide that picture to soldiers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While they\u2019re looking for new solutions, a host of existing efforts are underway, many of them part of a larger robotic strategy released in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the next three years, the plan is to run the 10x platoon demonstration, improve long-range reconnaissance and counter-small drone tech, incorporate the Next Generation Combat Vehicle program\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2021\/01\/05\/new-in-2021-armys-robotic-combat-vehicle-goes-rolling-along\/\" target=_blank>Robotic Combat Vehicle<\/a>, and other network-related efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From 2024 to 2028 they expect to field the light and medium versions of the RCV while also adding cheap, lightweight, expendable robots to the formations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the 2028 to 2035 timeframe, all combat formations should have access to persistent air and ground robotic capabilities commanded by soldiers, according to the presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently, they\u2019re developing the Small Multipurpose Equipment Transport, or SMET, and Common Robotic System-Individual, or CRS-I, both of which are scheduled to be fielded, along with a short-range reconnaissance robot for platoons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The effort fielded the Soldier Borne Sensor, a palm-sized microdrone that\u2019s since been deployed with troops to Afghanistan and elsewhere at the squad level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each of those platforms comes with associated equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re trying to reduce both physical and cognitive load-putting on soldiers,\u201d Maciuba said. \u201dThe biggest concern now is every time we put a system into formation, it\u2019s one for one. 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