To Win in the Mega-City: What the Marine Corps Must Understand to Achieve Mounted Mobility in the Mega-City

Abstract

To counter the complexities presented by the mega-city, the USMC must balance its ground vehicle portfolio. The USMC must develop combat vehicles capable of being operated both remotely or while crewed with capabilities to negotiate complex terrain for successful operations within a mega-city. Mounted mobility is a requirement that creates synergy between both mounted and dismounted units for the Ground Combat Element (GCE) to operate across the Range Of Military Operations (ROMO). The mega-city compounds the issue of traditional mounted mobility, and the Marine Corps must balance its ground vehicle portfolio by developing autonomous, remotely controlled vehicles and leverage commercial off-the-shelf technology to create an autonomous option to augment manned vehicles currently fielded.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 05, 2016
Accession Number
AD1176175

Entities

People

  • John S Kinitz

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Cyber
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Denial System
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Autonomous Navigation
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Command And Control
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Control Systems
  • Electronic Countermeasures
  • Explosive Devices
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Ground Vehicles
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Light Armored Vehicles
  • Military Operations
  • Mobile Phones
  • Social Media
  • United States
  • Unmanned Ground Systems
  • Unmanned Ground Vehicles
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Effects

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.