MAKING IT TO THE FRONT LINE
The RDECOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center conducts an autonomous leader-follower demonstration in October using an M915 truck. By using robotic platforms, Soldiers can reduce time spent on mundane, danger- ous or repetitive tasks and free up time to perform other tasks. (Photo by Doug Halleaux, RDECOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center)
Te benefits of MAPS include:
• Higher survivability rates. • Increased innovation and rapid integra- tion that will provide a quicker response to evolving threats.
• More competition and diversity within the APS community, which will keep costs low.
• Consistent, rapid implementation of safety and cybersecurity across active protection systems.
As MAPS technology evolves, additional protection technologies may be added, including active blast mitigation, adaptive armor and obscurant inhibitors. MAPS has been identified as a critical technology in the draft NGCV capabilities devel- opment document, and it supports the current NGCV requirements, so it will be integrated at the earliest possible date.
ADVANCED ROBOTICS Te Ground Vehicle Systems Center’s work with the Robotic Operating System – Military (ROS-M) covers a spectrum of
autonomy and robotics, including small explosive ordnance disposal-assist robots that have been fielded as part of the advanced leader-follower capabilities that Soldiers in two transportation battalions will see by summer 2019.
Te ROS-M uses an open-source approach and a widely accepted software framework with common government and industry software to develop military robotics and autonomous systems. Te open-source approach allows developers to create soft- ware modules for different applications and enables integrators to build modular systems using the best software modules available for military autonomous systems.
Robotics helps Soldiers in two ways: It eliminates the need for Soldiers to conduct mundane, dangerous or repetitive tasks that can be automated, and it increases the standoff distance between Soldiers and a threat, which can greatly enhance safety. Additionally, automation can increase logistics on convoy missions. For example, a pair of Soldiers can operate a convoy that
normally requires two Soldiers in each vehicle, freeing the additional Soldiers to conduct other missions, such as providing security for the convoy.
AIDED TARGET RECOGNITION Soldiers in combat or on patrol perform several tasks simultaneously: maintaining overall situational awareness, communi- cating with higher headquarters, planning and adjusting routes for manned and unmanned vehicles, monitoring sensor locations and gathering information from multiple sensors. Given all these tasks, they may not have enough time to focus on sensor imagery that may contain many objects that could be interpreted as targets. Spotting and deciding on the validity of potential targets is critical, so RDECOM has developed the Aided Target Recogni- tion (AITR) system to reduce the Soldiers’ workload and enable them to perform their jobs more effectively.
The RDECOM Communications- Electronics Center is providing real-time
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