WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is digging deeper to develop robotic breacher vehicles for the force as it heads into a prototyping effort that will help it to define requirements for a future capability.
The service awarded a contract in May this year to Cybernet, a specialist in robotics and autonomous navigation, for a robotic applique that will be installed on Assault Breacher Vehicles, creating prototypes that will undergo evaluation for about 18-24 months.
“The Assault Breacher Vehicle remote control system … is a fully tracked combat engineer vehicle designed to breach minefields and complex obstacles … one of our highest risks [and] threats out there to our soldiers today,” Brig. Gen. Luke Peterson, the Army’s program executive officer for combat support and combat service support, told Defense News in a recent interview.
The Army expects to pass through a preliminary…
