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Army Has Delayed Robotic Combat Vehicle Experiments, Restructured Later Phase To Boost Competition

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, May 20th, 2020

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Army Has Delayed Robotic Combat Vehicle Experiments, Restructured Later Phase To Boost Competition

Textron Systems, Howe & Howe, and FLIR's Ripsaw M5. Photo: Matthew Beinart.

The ongoing pandemic will delay the first two phases of the Army’s Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV) experimentation effort, an official said Wednesday, while also noting a third phase has been restructured to boost competition as the service moves from prototyping to programs of record. Maj. Cory Wallace, the lead official for RCV, confirmed an experimentation with surrogate robotic vehicles planned for this April has been postponed to early July and that the Phase 2 company-level demonstration has been pushed from…

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