US Army pilots have put an optionally-piloted vehicle (OPV) through its paces to demonstrate the autonomous technologies currently in-development at Sikorsky and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). This is the first time non-Sikorsky pilots have operated the Sikorsky Autonomy Research Aircraft (SARA), a modified S-76B commercial helicopter, as an ...
The US Army’s Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) has selected Robotic Research for a three-year $9 million contract on Autonomous Unmanned Systems Teaming & Collaboration (AUSTC) for the Counter-WMD and other Missions in challenging subterranean and other environments. Under the terms of the contract, Robotic Research will conduct AUSTC technical ...
Raytheon and Rheinmetall Defence have joined forces to meet the US Army’s requirement for the Next-Generation Combat Vehicle-Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle program. The global industry team will offer the new Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicle paired with Raytheon weapons, sensors and system integration expertise to provide the Army with an advanced, modular, ...
General Dynamics has been awarded a contract from the US Army Contracting Command worth $465 million for the US Army Life Cycle Product Line Management (LCPM) Program. General Dynamics will focus primarily on the extensive Live Training Transformation (LT2) Family of Training Systems supporting the gamut of live training requirements, including ...