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Pentagon budget 2022: US Army requests USD84.5 million for Robotic Combat Vehicle development
by Ashley Roque
The US Army is asking Congress for USD84.5 million next year to continue Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV) development and to help prepare for a solider experiment.
RCV fiscal year 2022 (FY 2022) funding is included in a ‘robotics development’ pot, and includes funding for development of both the light (RCV-L) and medium (RCV-M) prototypes.
“Prototyping and experimentation efforts will inform new ways to fight, identify system limitations and benefits, mature key technologies, and reduce technical risk,” the army wrote in budget justification documents. “The RCV programme will provide an analytically backed basis for future RCV requirements documents that will drive and inform RCV programmes of record.”