Army Robotic Combat Vehicle faces a challenge on two fronts

By Dominic Minadeo / November 6, 2024 at 6:53 PM
As it stands, the Robotic Combat Vehicle isn't as autonomous as the Army wants it to be, because the current technology is just "not that great," a senior Army official said during a web event Wednesday. The challenge is twofold, because if the technology is no good, that means it requires “a lot of interventions where the soldier has to step in” to control the vehicle, Maj. Gen. Glenn Dean, program executive officer for Army ground combat systems, said during...

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