Early Christmas Present: Army Receives Potentially Revolutionary Unmanned Ground Vehicles
The Army wants to acquire lightweight, low-cost unmanned ground vehicles to serve as robotic scouts and more.
By Joseph Trevithick December 23, 2020
The War Zone
Pratt Miller
Just days before Christmas, the U.S. Army has taken delivery of two Robotic Combat Vehicle-Light unmanned ground vehicle prototypes, or RCV-Ls, ahead of schedule. American firm Pratt Miller, which is working on the RCV-L program with U.K.-headquartered defense contractor QinetiQ, released a picture of the vehicles sporting red bows just like you'd see in any holiday car commercial.
The Army had announced that Pratt Miller and QinetiQ's Expeditionary Modular Autonomous Vehicle (EMAV) was the winning RCV-L submission in January. The two companies were initially awarded a contract to deliver a total of four prototypes for further development and testing. The service's Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) received the first example in November and the second one earlier this month. The RCV-L effort is one part of a broader Army push to acquire multiple tiers of unmanned vehicles, as well as aerial drones, to support various types of units.
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