{"id":21937,"date":"2021-01-05T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/01\/05\/new-in-2021-armys-robotic-combat-vehicle-goes-rolling-along\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:07:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:07:43","slug":"new-in-2021-armys-robotic-combat-vehicle-goes-rolling-along","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2021\/01\/05\/new-in-2021-armys-robotic-combat-vehicle-goes-rolling-along\/","title":{"rendered":"New in 2021: Army\u2019s Robotic Combat Vehicle goes rolling along"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ongoing tests of the Army\u2019s Robotic Combat Vehicle<\/a> this year will expand the vision of what the service wants to do with its vehicle and even dismounted formations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This past fall, the Army announced<\/a> that it will pursue light, medium and heavy versions of the RCV<\/a>. The light version\u2019s fielding could be as early as 2023 with the medium and heavy versions to follow one year after the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Early experiments in 2018 and 2019 focused on soldiers controlling the vehicle from a near but remote location for maneuvers and even complex operations such as breaching. Those evolved from single-vehicle \u201crobot wingman\u201d style tests to platoon-sized efforts and are expected to see company-sized attempts soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\t