Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle
Abstract
CRS-(I) is a man-packable, miniature (<25lbs), highly mobile, unmanned robotic system with advanced sensors/mission modules for dismounted Soldiers. The program is the result of collaboration between Director, Army Capabilities Integration Center (DIR ARCIC), United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) and Deputy Commandant for Combat Development and Integration (DC CD&I), Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC) dated 19 Sep 2012. Thus the CRS-(I) program has been jointly developed by the Army and USMC incorporating Army capability requirements, USMC Engineering Squad Robot (ESR) and USMC Tactical Robotic Controller (TRC) capabilities into one program. As the lead service and in accordance with the Joint MOA Sec. 8.a., the Army will "have responsibility and authority for overall programming, budgeting, obligation, and expenditure of Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) funding appropriated for program development." The CRS-(I) capability contributes to the essential Joint Operational Concepts (JOC) of: Major Combat Operations (MCO); Military Support to Stabilization, Security, Transition, and Reconstruction (SSTR); Homeland Support and Civil Defense and Joint Functional Concepts (JFC) of: Force Application and Protection. The CRS-(I) contributes directly to Situational Awareness, Detect, Protect and Neutralize by providing a standoff hazards interrogation, detection, confirmation and neutralization capability employed to support a wide spectrum of mobility missions for current and future forces by providing required standoff capability across the Warfighting Functions. This capability allows commanders to make more informed decisions and plans, to use their forces more effectively and efficiently to produce desired outcomes, and to conduct focused operations for high-risk missions or selected missions that best satisfy the requirement without the limitations and vulnerabilities of manned systems. The CRS-(I) capability provides commanders the ability to persistently monitor the operational environment (OE) while protecting and sustaining the force at standoff distances from the threat. The CRS-(I) complements the Joint Integrated Warfighting Force by providing standoff to the Warfighter during Major Combat Operations, stability operations, and homeland security. The CRS-(I) provides Warfighters the capability to find and identify targets of interest in the operational environment. In support of emerging requirements, the Robot Enhancement Program (REP) uses a "buy, try, and inform" methodology to evaluate Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS), Government Off The Shelf (GOTS) and Non-Developmental Items (NDI) products that have the potential to enhance Soldier combat effectiveness. Hardware quantities will be limited to available REP funds. Evaluation results obtained will be used to inform emerging requirements documents and Cost-Benefit Analyses to support future Army decision making actual operational user feedback.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2016
- Source ID
- DV7_0604641A_5_2040_PB_2016
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