Rapid Large Area Clearance (RLAC)
Abstract
Previously approved and funded JCTD project; now aligned under C&C. RLAC rapidly conducts large area clearance of ports and airfields from multiple explosive threats to enable access, maneuver and protection for multi-domain operations to ensure that critical air and sea ports of debarkation and ground lines of communication are tenable to support joint fires and logistics in contested environments. Specifically, RLAC will develop and integrate autonomous small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) and Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) equipped with automatic target recognition to rapidly survey, detect, identify, and map both surface and buried unexploded explosive ordnance (UXO), and then use lasers to neutralize sub-munitions at stand-off distances.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2024
- Source ID
- 7fa91c5feaa4d244b5df1919e7c05685