September 9, 2024 Written by: Christopher Estrada WARREN, Mich.— Army teams are providing the next generation of scientists, engineers and researchers a head start on their academic futures at several summer camps catered for students in kindergarten through high school. The Department of Defense Great Lakes Region and Tribal Nations K-12 Science, Technology, Engineering and…
July 9, 2024 Written by: Christopher Estrada AUBURN HILLS, Mich.—Student engineers got a chance to scratch their competitive itch last week with the 31st annual Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (IGCV) here at Oakland University. The IGCV is an annual event where collegiate robotics teams compete in a variety of unmanned mobility obstacles. The competition gives…
June 27, 2024 Written by: Christopher Estrada The Ground Vehicle Systems Center’s efforts in hazardous materials reduction was put on a pedestal recently when two employees, Jeff Norkus and Tom Sanders, received the FY23 Defense Standardization Program (DSP) Achievement Award for their efforts to reduce the footprint of hazardous materials across the defense industry. As…
November 8, 2023 Written by: Christopher Estrada ROCHESTER, Mich.— Two women professionals at U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center were recognized for model leadership at the Women in Defense Michigan Chapter gala last week. Marta Tomkiw, executive director for GVSC System Integration and Engineering, received the 2023 Excellence in Leadership Award, which recognizes women…
July 28, 2023 Written by: Christopher Estrada SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich.— A quiet university laboratory left vacant for the summer semester soon found itself packed with energy again last week, as K-12 students surrounding Lake Superior State University (LSSU) piled in for an annual summer camp. The camp, hosted by the Detroit Arsenal based U.S.…
June 5, 2023 Written by: Christopher Estrada ROCHESTER, Mich.—The next generation of ground vehicle engineers, hard at work researching solutions to the challenges posed by autonomous vehicles, competed their products earlier this month here at Oakland University. The 30th Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (IGVC) is an annual event where collegiate robotics teams compete in a…
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…