An Analysis of U.S. Army Unmanned Ground Vehicle Strategy

Abstract

The U.S. Army s current portfolio of unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) is the culmination of more than forty years of effort since the first mobile robot was developed in the late 1960 s. DoD and DA have made significant progress in acquiring warfighting capabilities associated with UGVs over that time. This progress was enabled through the work of both department and partners in government, academia, and industry. It was guided by a variety of strategies from national strategic documents to science and technology master plans. This paper analyzes the existing, emergent U.S. Army UGV strategy through the use of a framework developed for analyzing business strategy and system dynamics techniques. Through this analysis, the need for a designed and deliberate Army UGV strategy is identified and recommendations for inclusion in the strategy are proposed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 28, 2012
Accession Number
ADA568455

Entities

People

  • Glenn Baca

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Command And Control
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Governments
  • Ground Control Stations
  • Ground Vehicles
  • Information Systems
  • Law
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • United States
  • Unmanned Ground Systems
  • Unmanned Ground Vehicles
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Robotics and Automation.
  • Software Engineering.

Technology Areas

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