FCS Unmanned Ground Vehicles
Abstract
This PE has no FY 2013 Base or OCO request. The FY2013 funding continues under Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicle (Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle) Program Element 0604641A Project DV7. The Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle (SUGV), designated as the XM-1216, is a lightweight (32 lbs), man-portable, DC powered UGV capable of conducting Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) to include tunnels, sewers, and caves. The SUGV provides an unmanned capability for those missions that are manpower intensive or high-risk such as Urban Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions in a MOUT environment, investigating Improvised Explosive Devices and Chemical/Toxic Materials reconnaissance missions without exposing soldiers directly to the hazard. The SUGV will be used to obtain information on situational awareness at the squad level. SUGV Increment 1 XM1216: The INC 1 SUGV is based on the IBCT Capability Production Document (CPD) threshold requirements. The SUGV INC 1 features a lightweight highly mobile SUGV platform with improved and tested reliability and an integrated Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) sensor head and radio. In early FY10 the SUGV INC 1 platform underwent an Independent Verification Test (IVT) at Aberdeen Test Center (ATC) that provided the basis for many of the component reliability improvements that have been incorporated and validated in the FY11 Initial Qualification Test (IQT). Enhancements included improved seals on the drive motors, design changes to the drive motor themselves, Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) improvements to reduce the emissions and susceptibility of the SUGV platform and operator control unit enhancements. The XM1216 is currently conducting missions in support of units in OEF. SUGV Planned Product Improvements (Increment 1 Follow on) designated as the XM1216E1: The SUGV configuration for Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) moving to Full Rate Production (FRP) is based on the SUGV IBCT CPD Threshold Requirements. It will weigh 35 pounds and is capable of carrying up to 4 lbs of payload weight. The SUGV will have the following capabilities: a hardened militarized Electro Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) sensor to meet stringent day & night detection of enemy personnel & systems, an National Security Agency (NSA) compliant radio from the Joint Tactical Radio system program, improved hand controller, the capability to provide grid location of the enemy, and the following capability to mount payloads: tether spooler, manipulator arm, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN) suite and Embedded-Tactical Engagement Simulation System (E-TESS).
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2013
- Source ID
- 0604663A_5_2040_PB_2013
- Change Summary Explanation
- Service Agency Name
- Army
Entities
Organizations
- United States Army
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