A new Army program will obtain small quantities of new ground robotic equipment to help the service evaluate and field cutting-edge technology more quickly, Army officials said April 7.The Robotic Enhancement Program (REP) will solicit and review industry proposals to test new hardware, software, payloads and accessories. It will then buy or lease the most promising items and try them out in its battle labs to see whether they would be useful to soldiers and should be acquired in greater numbers. “It’s an…
