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Army Reassessing Two Unmanned Ground Vehicle Programs

Army Reassessing Two Unmanned Ground Vehicle Programs
Milrem and QinetiQ North America developed Titan, an unmanned ground vehicle, to carry equipment. (Photo by Marc Selinger/Defense Daily)

The U.S. Army is “unhappy” with the projected cost and schedule of two new unmanned ground vehicle programs -- the Squad Multipurpose Equipment Transport (SMET) and Leader-Follower -- and is mulling how to proceed with them, a service official said March 22.The Army needs to have an “honest dialogue” about the programs, “and we are doing this,” said Brig. Gen. John George, director of force development for the Army’s G-8, which coordinates the service’s funding, equipping and fielding efforts. “If…

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