{"id":59352,"date":"2019-05-23T07:55:16","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T07:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/05\/23\/players-surfacing-for-robotic-combat-vehicle-competition\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:23:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:23:27","slug":"players-surfacing-for-robotic-combat-vehicle-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2019\/05\/23\/players-surfacing-for-robotic-combat-vehicle-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Players gather for robotic combat vehicle competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 A demonstration in Texas this month is setting the U.S. Army\u2019s expectations ahead of a major prototyping competition<\/a> for robotic combat vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army has acquired a number of ground robots to give it an edge in Iraq and Afghanistan, but as it looks beyond war in the Middle East to possible conflict with peer adversaries, it\u2019s reviewing its modernization efforts surrounding robotic combat vehicles. Those RCVs are likely to look different than what\u2019s previously appeared on the battlefield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Army Futures Command\u2019s Next-Generation Combat Vehicle<\/a> Cross-Functional Team, or NGCV CFT, is tasked to rapidly prototype new manned and unmanned vehicles suited for operations against near-peer adversaries. Those vehicles would need to handle the beatings that come with operating on the front line while keeping up with the maneuver force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Combat Capabilities Development Center\u2019s Ground Vehicle Systems Center (CCDC GVSC) is working with the NGCV CFT to harness what industry has to offer and identify the Army\u2019s future requirements for a light-, medium- and heavy-weight robotic combat vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\t