Armed Robots Fight Alongside Soldiers at National Guard Exercise
8/31/2017
By Vivienne Machi
The Army took another step toward its goal of fielding armed robotic ground vehicles that will fight alongside manned platforms when it tested its "wingman" concept at a major exercise this summer.
The Army's Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center, or TARDEC, demonstrated the so-called "wingman" capability, which teams manned and unmanned platforms to provide added lethality and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance in the field.
http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2017/8/31/tardec-wingman-capability-on-display-at-northern-strike
