August 17, 2022 FORT HOOD, TEXAS—Garryowen Soldiers from the 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry are providing the U.S. Army with feedback to define the future of the Army’s ground combat robotic programs during the second Soldier Operational Experiment (SOE) here. The Army’s largest ground robotic experiment in history has pushed both equipment and Soldiers to their…
DETROIT ARSENAL—Last week U.S Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center engineers, together with their counterparts at Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center, demonstrated microgrid technology using a variety of tactical wheeled vehicles to field on-the-move power generation capabilities. Called Secure Tactical Advanced Mobile Power, or STAMP for short…
JROTC cadets hone STEM, leadership skills at DOD event By Jerry Aliotta August 25, 2021 AUGUSTA, Mich.—More than 80 JROTC cadets from Michigan and Indiana high schools attended the DoD STEM Day camp at the U.S. Army Fort Custer Training Center here earlier this month. U.S. Army Ground Vehicle Systems Center hosted the event…
By Jerry Aliotta June 21, 2021 ROCHESTER, Mich.—A common software system makes programming robots and operating them easier. Common tasks such as feedback loops, control, pathfinding, data filtering, locating and sharing data can all be done by the same computer commands. The U.S. Army Ground Vehicle Systems Center’s common robotics software system was on display at the 28th annual…
By GVSC and NGCV CFT Public Affairs DETROIT ARSENAL, Mich.—Soldiers, engineers, and other armor experts came together here for the first in a series of Optionally Manned Tank Soldier Innovation Workshops to begin planning for the next generation tank. For the 3-day workshop, the team held group discussions on what capabilities the Army’s next tank…
WARREN, Mich.—Thirty Soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division supported the Army’s Ground Vehicle Systems Center Virtual Experiment #3 last month to help inform the Next Generation Combat Vehicle Cross Functional Team’s campaign of learning for Manned and Un-Manned Teaming. The campaign of learning is part of GVSC’s Virtual Prototyping process…
CAMP GRAYLING, Mich.–Tomorrow’s battlefield won’t be limited to direct enemy fire. It’s expected to be a hyperactive environment of cyber and electronic warfare where warfighters are contested the minute they leave a start-point to the minute they arrive on the objective. As this activity increases, so does the risk. Last week, the Army’s Ground Vehicle…
FORT BLISS, New Mexico—Motor transport operators, more commonly known in the Army as “88 Mikes,” drive the Army’s tactical wheeled vehicles that transport cargo on the battlefield. They are the backbone of the Army’s support and sustainment structure, and what they do makes them highly vulnerable to enemy attack. Sixteen of these Soldiers who paid…