{"id":56443,"date":"2020-11-16T21:18:02","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T21:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/11\/16\/us-armys-heavy-ground-robot-reaches-full-rate-production\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:10:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:10:21","slug":"us-armys-heavy-ground-robot-reaches-full-rate-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2020\/11\/16\/us-armys-heavy-ground-robot-reaches-full-rate-production\/","title":{"rendered":"US Army\u2019s heavy ground robot reaches full-rate production"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Army\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2019\/11\/15\/heres-who-just-won-a-contract-to-build-the-armys-heavy-robot\/\" target=_blank>heavy common ground robot <\/a>has reached full-rate production, less than a year after FLIR Systems won the contract to deliver the system, the company\u2019s vice president in charge of unmanned ground systems told Defense News in an interview this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve progressed with the U.S. Army through all the milestones on the program and are now at full-rate production on the program. We\u2019re building systems, we\u2019re delivering them, there are systems out at Fort Leonard Wood, [Missouri], right now going through training with troops, and there are more systems in the pipeline to be delivered all the way through next year and further,\u201d Tom Frost said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think what\u2019s remarkable is how quickly the Army was able to run a program to find a very capable, large [explosive ordnance disposal] robot and then get it out to troops as quickly as they did,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service award FLIR an other transaction authority contract in November 2019 to provide its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/unmanned\/2018\/11\/12\/one-company-wants-to-help-herd-us-army-robots\/\" target=_blank>Kobra robot <\/a>to serve as its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/unmanned-unleashed\/2017\/04\/12\/army-poised-to-transform-ground-robotics-industry\/\" target=_blank>Common Robotic System-Heavy, or CRS-H<\/a>. The production contract will run for a period of five years and could be worth up to $109 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army wanted a system that weighs up to 700 pounds and can carry a variety of sensors and payloads that support various missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the current order, FLIR is delivering 34 systems. But if all options are exercised in the contract, the firm could deliver about 350 robots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Part of the reason the Army could move so quickly, Frost said, is because Kobra is a commercial product that has already hit the market. But the system\u2019s strength-to-weight ratio is also a selling point, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe amount that it can lift with its arm, compared to the total weight of the system, is very impressive. The mobility that it has, even though it\u2019s such a big system and can do such heavy-duty lifting and heavy-duty tasks, is still nimble enough to climb up stairs and to climb into the back of an SUV for transport,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The robot can also climb over a Jersey barrier due to a set of flippers on the base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FLIR made some changes to the system appropriate for military use, Frost said, and worked on small changes based on soldier feedback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, FLIR changed the height of the robot\u2019s camera mast to improve perspective, and made it more robust to survive rollovers. The company also upgraded the camera located on the gripper to have high definition quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, the Army and FLIR are pursuing different payloads for CRS-H. The Army required the robot have an open architecture to allow for payloads to easily be integrated. The service is seeking an enhanced robotics payload that would bring in new capabilities to put on top of the CRS-H platform, such as dual-arm manipulation and advanced camera systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These payloads will be awarded through separate contracts, Frost said. \u201cWe have a lot of technology that applies to those and we will compete,\u201d he said, \u201cbut the Army tends to select best-in-class, and because of the open architecture, we can marry those things together and they can be put on our platform.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among FLIR\u2019s relevant technology are sensors, artificial intelligence and robotic manipulation, Frost said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/unmanned\/2019\/02\/15\/flir-set-to-add-endeavor-robotics-to-its-unmanned-future\/\" target=_blank>FLIR also provides the Army with a medium-sized unmanned ground vehicle<\/a> \u2014 the Man Transportable Robotic System Increment II. 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