May 9, 2023 Written by: Christopher Estrada ANN ARBOR—Old sports rivalries were sidelined, at least for a couple days, when ground vehicle professionals from across the industry, academia, and government met last month at the University of Michigan for its annual program review of the Automotive Research Center (ARC). The ARC, sponsored by U.S. Army…
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…
7.22.2022 Story by Doug Halleaux AUBURN HILLS, Mich.– The United States Military Academy at West Point has a long-standing collaborative relationship with Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) to develop autonomous capabilities for ground vehicles. Some projects include Ground Vehicle Robotics GVRBot, Autonomous Tunnel Exploration (ATE), Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV)-, Project…
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…
Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks visited Defense Industrial Base partners and the Army Ground Vehicle Systems Center November 8, to discuss the importance of manufacturing and the rapid electrification of the global transportation sector, including its implications and opportunities for DoD missions. Dr. Hicks emphasized the Department is committed to strengthening supply chains…
The engineers and project teams at both U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center and Lockheed Martin are putting the capabilities of a field-expedient, aerial vehicle-based 5G network to the test. Watch how this effort comes together and the value it may bring to our Warfighters.”
Robotic Technology Kernel (RTK) is the Army’s library of modular software package that can be used for common ground autonomy software. GVSC is dedicated to getting robotics capability into the hands of Soldiers.
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…
U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center support the Next Generation Combat Vehicle CFT and modernization priority, continuing with its shake-out and testing of the Robotic Combat Vehicles at Camp Grayling, Michigan.
By Angelique N. Smythe, Picatinny Arsenal Public Affairs August 4, 2021 JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey– Members of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Armaments Center at Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, and Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) located in Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, joined together on a range at Fort Dix June 30 to…