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Army Wrapping Up First Robotic Combat Vehicle Experiment, Working With Marines On Light Variant

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, August 6th, 2020

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Army Wrapping Up First Robotic Combat Vehicle Experiment, Working With Marines On Light Variant

Robotic Combat Vehicle Phase 1 experiment at Fort Carson in Colorado. Photo: U.S. Army.

The Army is about to complete its first Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV) experiment, with officials citing an array of successes with software and connectivity capabilities and gathering data to inform requirements for the first test with new prototype platforms in fiscal year 2022. Brig. Gen. Ross Coffman, director of the Next-Generation Combat Vehicle Cross-Functional Team, also told reporters Thursday the Army is now working with the Marine Corps on the RCV-Light variant. “This experiment was 100% successful because we learned.…

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