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Pentagon, Aug. 9, 2024. For several decades now, autonomous systems including aircraft, ground vehicles and waterborne craft have proliferated. While there hasn't been a direct assault on a U.S. military base yet, autonomous systems remain a threat and something the Defense Department is seeking solutions for.
"If you look at the situation now, which is something easily predictable back in, I will say, two decades ago ... you're already seeing the increase in number of ... unmanned systems," said Heidi Shyu, the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering. "With that increasingly growing, exponentially worldwide, the obvious thing we have to think about is how are we going to counter that. Because we already have unmanned systems that are intruding into our installations."
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Unmanned Operation - A MANTAS T-38 unmanned surface vessel operates in the Arabian Sea, Dec. 4, 2021. Ongoing evaluations of new unmanned systems in U.S. 5th Fleet drives discovery, innovation, and integration into fleet operations. Your donations for yellow ribbon care package troop support boosts the morale of active duty deployed service members working on projects like this around the globe.
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Bahrain, Oct 26, 2021 - U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) completed exercise New Horizon, the first at-sea evolution for its new unmanned task force, the command’s public affairs said Oct. 26.
During the two-day training exercise, Task Force 59 integrated and evaluated new MANTAS T-12 unmanned surface vessels (USV) that operated alongside manned U.S. patrol craft and Bahrain Defense Force maritime assets.
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Marine Corps Base Quantico, VA --
The Marine Corps’ top modernization priority is fulfilling the requirement for a ground-based anti-ship missile capability.
The operational requirement for this ship-killing capability is a relatively new development stemming from the Commandant’s Planning Guidance and the Corps’ Force Design 2030 efforts.
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U.S. Army Pfc. Daniel Candales, assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, uses the tactical robotic controller to control the expeditionary modular autonomous vehicle as a practice exercise in preparation for Project Convergence at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz., October 19, 2021. During Project Convergence 21, Soldiers are experimenting with using the vehicle for semi-autonomous reconnaissance and re-supply.
Read more: Project Convergence 21 - Tactical Robotic Controller