Turkey provided new MEMATT mine clearing vehicles to Burkina Faso. The news of the export was announced on the Ministry of National Defense’s official social media accounts. According to the… Continue reading "Export of Unmanned Mine Clearing Equipment MEMATT From Turkey To Burkina Faso"
Last week, the US Defense Advanced Project Research Agency (DARPA) revealed additional information about a host of its programs. From research on autonomous vehicle navigation in the dark to rare… Continue reading "DARPA: Autonomous Vehicles and Rare Earth Minerals"
On 30-31 March, the French Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan military academy ran tests employing various robots and UGV (unmanned ground vehicles) alongside French troops. A multitude of robotic platforms were tested. Boston… Continue reading "French Army Tests Robots in Combat Scenarios"
On 10 February, an online meeting kicked off the EU’s ARTUS project. The project is part of the EU’s €19 million Preparatory Action on Defense Research (run by the European… Continue reading "EU Kicks Off ARTUS Project"
At Overt Defense we have covered a multitude of Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) and Robotic Combat Vehicles (RCV) that are gradually being adopted for various roles by militaries around the… Continue reading "Milrem Robotics New Type-X Robotic Combat Vehicle Moves Drones Into the Heavyweight Division"
The Japanese Ministry of Defense’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency’s Ground Systems Research Center is holding a virtual open day, as a third wave of COVID-19 infections in Japan has… Continue reading "The Japanese ATLA’s Ground Systems Research Center Open Day Goes Virtual"
Rheinmetall have unveiled a new variant of their successful Mission Master unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) – the Mission Master-Armed Reconnaissance. The new reconnaissance variant is equipped with a 3.5 metre… Continue reading "Rheinmetall Mission Master-Armed Reconnaissance UGV Unveiled"
QinetiQ have delivered the first of four Robotic Combat Vehicle- Light (RCV-L) platforms to the US Army earlier this month. The RCV-L has been developed by QinetiQ, Pratt Miller Defense… Continue reading "US Army Receives First Light Robotic Combat Vehicles"
US technology firm RE2 Robotics have been granted $1.1 million USD Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) from the US Army’s Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC) to develop remote… Continue reading "RE2 Robotics to Develop Autonomous Casualty Extraction UGV Manipulator Arms for US Army"
Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida is to utilise semi-autonomous ‘robot dogs’ as part of their security forces. The base’s 325th Security Forces Squadron has been working with Ghost Robotics… Continue reading "U.S. Air Force Rolls Outs Robot Guard Dogs at Florida Air Base"