Army on Accelerated Path to Buy as Many as 5,700 Robotic Mules
2/9/2018
By Stew Magnuson
The Army is on a path to field up to 5,700 squad multi-purpose equipment transport robotic vehicles in a winner-takes-all competition that may wrap up as early as 2019.
After more than a decade of experimenting with robotic mules designed to take the load off overburdened foot soldiers, the service is on an accelerated path to award a contract that will take about 15 months total, Mark Mazzara, program manager force projection’s robotics interoperability lead, said at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International conference Feb. 7.
http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2018/2/9/army-on-accelerated-path-to-buy-as-many-as-5700-robotic-mules
