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Marine Corps To Add Self-Driving Capability With ROGUE-Fires Autonomy Upgrade

Marine Corps To Add Self-Driving Capability With ROGUE-Fires Autonomy Upgrade
A Navy Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) launcher on the ROGUE-Fires platform deploys into position aboard Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands, Hawaii, Aug. 16, 2021. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Maj. Nicholas Mannweiler

Oshkosh Defense [OSK] has been tapped to integrate upgraded autonomous technology into the new mobile ground–based anti-ship missile system it’s delivering to the Marine Corps, which will allow it to move beyond teleoperations and operate as a self-driving platform. Forterra, which is providing its AutoDrive software as Oshkosh Defense’s partner on the Marine Corps’ Remotely Operated Ground Unit for Expeditionary Fires (ROGUE-Fires) program, said the new $29.9 million award is the “first production contract specifically for ground vehicle autonomy.” “Fielding…

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