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GD To Unveil New StrykerQB Robotic Controller Vehicle Demonstrator

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023

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GD To Unveil New StrykerQB Robotic Controller Vehicle Demonstrator

StrykerQB. Photo: General Dynamics Land Systems

General Dynamics Land Systems [GD] next week will unveil its new StrykerQB technology demonstrator, a hybrid-electric platform designed as a robotic controller vehicle. Scott Taylor, the company’s director of U.S. business development, told Defense Daily the new platform builds off the StrykerX demonstrator unveiled last year and was informed by Army feedback and the service’s human-machine integration initiative. “Last year, StrykerX was something of an infantry carrier vehicle and the Army really wasn’t prepared for that. They just didn’t see…

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