TACTICAL UNMANNED GROUND VEHICLE

Abstract

The CRS(I) program is the result of the MOA between Director, Army Capabilities Integration Center (DIR ARCIC), United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) and Deputy Commandant for Combat Development and Integration (DC CD&I), Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC) dated 19 Sep 2012. Thus the CRS(I) program has been jointly developed by the Army and USMC incorporating Army capability requirements, USMC Engineering Squad Robot (ESR) and USMC Tactical Robotic Controller (TRC) capabilities into one program. As the lead service and in accordance with the Joint MOA Sec. 8.a., the Army will "have responsibility and authority for overall programming, budgeting, obligation, and expenditure of Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) funding appropriated for program development." The CRS(I) capability contributes to the essential Joint Operational Concepts (JOC) of: Major Combat Operations (MCO); Military Support to Stabilization, Security, Transition, and Reconstruction (SSTR); Homeland Support and Civil Defense and Joint Functional Concepts (JFC) of: Force Application and Protection. The CRS(I) contributes directly to Situational Awareness, Detect, Protect and Neutralize by providing a standoff hazards interrogation, detection, confirmation and neutralization capability employed to support a wide spectrum of mobility missions for current and future forces by providing required standoff capability across the Warfighting Functions. This capability allows commanders to make more informed decisions and plans, to use their forces more effectively and efficiently to produce desired outcomes, and to conduct focused operations for high-risk missions or selected missions that best satisfy the requirement without the limitations and vulnerabilities of manned systems. The CRS(I) capability provides commanders the ability to persistently monitor the operational environment (OE) while protecting and sustaining the force at standoff distances from the threat. The CRS (I) complements the Joint Integrated Warfighting Force by providing standoff to the Warfighter during Major Combat Operations, stability operations, and homeland security. The CRS(I) provides Warfighters the capability to find and identify targets of interest in the operational environment. In support of the Joint Ground Robotic Integration Team (JGRIT) and emerging requirements, the Robot Enhancement Program (REP), modeled after the Soldier Enhancement Program (SEP), uses a "buy, try and decide" methodology to evaluate Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS), Government Off The Shelf (GOTS) and Non-Developmental Items (NDI) products that have the potential to enhance Soldier combat effectiveness. Hardware quantities will be limited to one Brigade Combat Team at the envisioned Basis of Issue as well as available SEP/REP funds. Evaluation results obtained will be used to inform emerging requirements documents and Cost-Benefit Analyses to support future Army decision making with actual operational user feedback.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2015
Source ID
0604641A_5_2040_PB_2015
Change Summary Explanation
Service Agency Name
Army

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Army Training
  • Budgets
  • Civil Defense
  • Combat Effectiveness
  • Combat Operations
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Benefit Analysis
  • Costs
  • Elements
  • Ground Vehicles
  • Homeland Security
  • Marine Corps
  • Security
  • Situational Awareness
  • Unmanned Ground Vehicles
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs

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