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The XM1219 Armed Robotic Vehicle was an
Lockheed Martin: ARV-A-L
*Future Weapons and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qDo6ehxKds 5:30 into video. {{BCT Subsystems Abandoned military projects of the United States Military robots United States Army vehicles Unmanned ground combat vehicles
The XM1219 Armed Robotic Vehicle was an unmanned ground combat vehicle
An unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) is a vehicle that operates while in contact with the ground and without an onboard human presence. UGVs can be used for many applications where it may be inconvenient, dangerous, or impossible to have a human op ...
based on the MULE Platform. The ARV-A-L MULE Vehicle (XM1219) would feature integrated anti-tank and anti-personnel and reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition (RSTA) systems remotely operated by network linked soldiers. The Armed robotic vehicle was canceled in July 2011 over mobility concerns.
Design
* The MULE platform is controlled by a modified Xbox 360 controller for ease of training recruits familiar with console controllers.Mobility
*Transportable inside a C-130 Hercules andCH-47 Chinook
The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a tandem rotor helicopter developed by American rotorcraft company Vertol and manufactured by Boeing Vertol. The Chinook is a heavy-lift helicopter that is among the heaviest lifting Western helicopters. Its name, C ...
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*Transportable, slung under a UH-60 Black Hawk
The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk is a four-blade, twin-engine, medium-lift utility military helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. Sikorsky submitted the S-70 design for the United States Army's Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System ( ...
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*Climb more than a step.
*Cross a gap.
*Traverse side slopes of 40 percent.
*Ford water obstacles over .
*Cross obstacles as high as .
Variants
Assault
The only production variant of this vehicle was the ''Assault Light (ARV-A-L)''.Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition
The Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition or (RSTA) was likely canceled at some point.See also
*Foster-Miller TALON
The Foster-Miller TALON remotely operated vehicle is a small, tracked military robot designed for missions ranging from reconnaissance to combat. It is made by American robotics company Qinetiq-NA, a subsidiary of Qinetiq.
Overview
Foster-Mill ...
* Gladiator Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicle
The Gladiator Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicle (Gladiator TUGV) program was an unmanned vehicle designed by Emil Lien Akre in 2005. It was developed in order to support the United States Marine Corps conduct of Ship To Object Maneuver (STOM) mi ...
* SGR-A1
The SGR-A1 is a type of autonomous sentry gun that was jointly developed by Samsung Techwin (now Hanwha Aerospace) and Korea University to assist South Korean troops in the Korean Demilitarized Zone. It is widely considered as the first unit of ...
* MGM-166 LOSAT
The MGM-166 LOSAT (Line-of-Sight Anti-Tank) was a United States anti-tank missile system designed by Lockheed Martin (originally Vought) to defeat tanks and other individual targets. Instead of using a high explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warhead lik ...
, a canceled U.S. Army line-of-sight missile
* Mobile Protected Firepower
The Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) system is a U.S. Army program to procure a light tank that is capable of providing mobile protected direct offensive fire capability. The program is part of the Next Generation Combat Vehicle program. A previo ...
, an ongoing U.S. Army light tank acquisition program
* XM1202 Mounted Combat System
The Manned Ground Vehicles (MGV) was a family of lighter and more transportable ground vehicles developed by BAE Systems and General Dynamics as part of the U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) program. The MGV program was intended as a success ...
, a U.S. Army Future Combat Systems 20-ton tank canceled in 2011
* M1134 Anti-Tank Guided Missile Vehicle
M1134 Anti-Tank Guided Missile Vehicle is a U.S. anti-tank missile carrier that is an armored fighting vehicle from the Stryker family of vehicles. As the primary tank destroyer system of the US Army's Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), the M113 ...
, a Stryker tank destroyer variant
References
*Future Weapons and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qDo6ehxKds 5:30 into video. {{BCT Subsystems Abandoned military projects of the United States Military robots United States Army vehicles Unmanned ground combat vehicles