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Textron Looks To Offer Swim-Capable, Smaller Ripsaw M3 For Army’s Robotic Combat Vehicle-Light

Textron Looks To Offer Swim-Capable, Smaller Ripsaw M3 For Army’s Robotic Combat Vehicle-Light
Textron Systems' Ripsaw M3 concept demonstrator at the 2022 AUSA conference in Washington, D.C. Photo: Matthew Beinart.

After providing its Ripsaw robotic platform to the Army for experimentation, Textron Systems [TXT] is looking to offer a new swim-capable, smaller version of the system for the Army’s expected upcoming Robotic Combat Vehicle-Light (RCV-L) competition.  Textron showcased a concept demonstrator of the new Ripsaw M3 at this week’s Association of the United States Army’s (AUSA) annual conference in Washington, D.C, with a company official highlighting the platform’s modularity and design considerations for potential RCV-L requirements.  “It’s intended for us…

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