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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.”
Tethered drones, robot vehicles aid soldiers during two-week live fire 3 hours ago Sgt. 1st Class Richard Dyal discusses what robots can bring to light forces at Camp Grayling, Michigan, April 28, 2021. (Dan Heaton/Army) Soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division recently ran the Robotic Combat Vehicle through two weeks of live-fire testing as the Army develops robot battle buddies to fight alongside its Next Generation Combat Vehicle. The soldiers from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, out of Fort Benning, Georgia did the live fire at Camp Grayling, Michigan, in late April. The platoon ran through a series of live fire events on the “Project Origin” platform. The platform is a surrogate system that the Army is using as it experiments while developing RCVs.
Defense Daily Robotic Combat Vehicle Phase 1 experiment at Fort Carson in Colorado. Photo: U.S. Army.
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The Army announced Thursday it is starting a new small-business cohort looking for innovative ideas to apply sensor capabilities for sustainment of its future fleet of Robotic Combat Vehicles (RCV.)
The first phase of the program will include selecting up to 10 firms, who will each receive $200,000, to work on their ideas over a 12-week period. Then, the Army will downselect five businesses to move forward and receive up to $1.5 million each to continue refining concepts over another two years.
Robotic Combat Vehicle Phase 1 experiment at Fort Carson in Colorado. Photo: U.S. Army.