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10 Unmanned Ground Vehicles
Being Developed and Tested
Around the World
U
G
nmanned ground vehicles
(UGVs), robot combat vehicles
or autonomous vehicles, no
matter what you call them, are
increasingly being developed, prototyped
and tested for future use in autonomous
and teaming operations or scenarios with
manned vehicles. In the U.S., the Army
has expressed growing interest in UGVs,
after recently selecting four companies to
develop robotic combat vehicle prototypes
for a variety of future use cases.
Interest in new UGV technology is
also growing around the world. Last year,
the U.K. Ministry of Defense (MOD) held
its first ever trial of heavy UGVs, Estonia
hosted a large international test of UGVs
and Australia ended the year with several
General Dynamics Land Systems
TRX SHORAD
eneral Dynamics first unveiled the Tracked Robot
10-ton (TRX) Short Range Air Defense (SHORAD)
variant in March 2023, prior to the Army selecting them
as one of four companies/teams competing to win its
Robot Combat Vehicle (RCV) contract that seeks to
deploy UGVs teamed with manned vehicle units by
2028. The variant unveiled in March 2023 adds increased
counter UAS (C-UAS) capability to the demonstrator
that GDLS previously launched in October 2020. TRX
SHORAD is also capable of autonomously launching
and receiving small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).
The original non-SHORAD version of the TRX was
selected for the first phase of the Army's RCV program,
and GDLS is currently designing and building two prototypes
of the modular TRX. GDLS describes the UGV as
featuring " lightweight materials and a hybrid-electric
propulsion system " that is being developed for several
different use cases including indirect fire, autonomous
resupply, complex obstacle breaching, C-UAS, and electronic
warfare (EW) among others.
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mobilityengineeringtech.com
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weeks of a major robotic combat vehicle
exercise. This article provides updates on
some of the latest prototyping, development,
purchasing and deployment of 10
new military UGVs.
This article was written by Woodrow
Bellamy, Senior Editor, SAE Media Group,
(New York, NY).
(Image: Adobe Stock/Norlif)

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