The U.S. Army is slated to begin its first integration of an unmanned ground vehicle, or UGV, produced by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency into an autonomous breaching demonstration at the end of this month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 36th Engineering Brigade, which is preparing for the upcoming Machine Assisted Rugged Soldier, or MARS, autonomous demonstration later this month, will use the DARPA RACER Heavy Platform vehicle for mine clearing by pairing it with a M58 MICLIC<\/a> \u2014 a rocket-projected mine clearing line charge used to clear direct passages for combat personnel through minefields. The open-source defense intelligence outlet Janes<\/a> was the first to report on the UGV integration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Army engineers first began conducting exercises with the UGV at the beginning of October, successfully using the vehicle to tow a trailer for the first time. The vehicle has also been prepped with an upgraded user interface<\/a> produced by Overland AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The RACER Heavy Platform vehicle, first put to the test by DARPA in 2023, is designed to be both robust and maneuverable across challenging terrain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n