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Army Maneuver Leaders Want Common Controller, More Autonomy To Effect Robotic-Enabled Formations

Army Maneuver Leaders Want Common Controller, More Autonomy To Effect Robotic-Enabled Formations
Kongsberg remote weapon station on an Army RCV-Light prototype. Photo: Kongsberg

Over the next five to 15 years the Army maneuver community wants a common user interface and hardware to control its unmanned aircraft systems and future fleet of robotic vehicles, and it also wants more of these vehicles to work with fewer people, officials from the Army Maneuver Center of Excellence said this week. The common controller should be the same hardware for air and ground robotic systems and simple to use once integrated human-machine formations are operating on the…

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