FCS Unmanned Ground Vehicles

Abstract

This PE has no FY 2013 Base or OCO request. The FY2013 funding continues under Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicle (TUGV) Program Element 0604641A Project DV7. The Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle (SUGV), designated as the XM1216, is a lightweight (32 lbs), man-portable, direct-current powered UGV capable of conducting Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT), including 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, and 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 Planned Product Improvements (Increment 1 Follow on) designated as the XM1216E1: The SUGV configuration for a competitive 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, a 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, 2014
• Source ID: 0604663A_5_2040_PB_2014
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Autonomy
• Counter WMD
• Cyber
• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Command And Control
• Computers
• Contractors
• Contracts
• Cost Analysis
• Enemy Personnel
• Engineering
• Ground Vehicles
• National Security
• Program Management
• Radio Equipment
• Software-Defined Radio Waveforms
• Systems Engineering
• Tactical Radios
• Unmanned Ground Vehicles
• Vehicles

Readers

• Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

• Autonomy
• Autonomy - UAVs