DETROIT ARSENAL, Mich.—Army Materiel Command’s Gen. Edward M. Daly visited the U.S. Army Ground Vehicle Systems Center and TACOM last week to get a first-hand look at the latest developments of the Army’s Prognostic and Predictive Maintenance (PPMx) capabilities. The PPMx initative is expected to bring the Army maintenance process into the 21st century by…
October 28, 2020
By: GVSC Public Affairs The U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle System Center is participating for the twelfth year in the NDIA’s virtual GVSETS & APBI, Nov. 3-5, 2020. The Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering & Technology Symposium & Advance Planning Briefing for Industry (GVSETS & APBI) is one of the NDIA Michigan Chapter’s key industry-government-academia event.…
By: GVSC Public Affairs WARREN, Mich.—U.S. Army Ground Vehicle Systems Center has released an open source robotic data recording tool known as Data DirectoR, or DDR for short. The tool, built on top of the ROS middleware framework, is available to the entire Robotic Operating System (ROS) community via the ROS-Military Registry at https://rosmilitary.org ROS-M…
Virtual Pitch Day brings small companies together to develop innovative technology The U.S. Army Combat Development Capabilities Command (CCDC) – Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) held its first Virtual Technology Transition Pitch Day Sept. 22 to showcase technologies developed through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. SBIR helps increase small business participation in federally…
DETROIT ARSENAL, Mich. — U.S. Army researchers in early Fiscal Year 2020 selected a handful of proposals for funding through its Rapid Innovation Fund (RIF) and Small Business Innovation Fund (SBIR) efforts, targeting technology advancements in vehicle protection, survivability, and maneuverability, vehicle-based fuel cells, and autonomy. The announcement comes from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities…
December 16, 2019 LANSING, Mich.—U.S. Army engineers and scientists specializing in automotive cyber security with their colleagues from the Michigan State Police (MSP) demonstrated the results of applying Army cyber security tools to the law enforcement agency’s fleet vehicles December 6. The Army experts are from the nearby U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Ground…
Joint Capability Technology Demonstrations (JCTD) are meant to develop, demonstrate and transition emerging technologies and prototypes to meet our Warfighter’s needs by accelerating acquisition and fielding decision capability in two to four years. In the past, commanders lacked the capability to assure continued logistics agility and freedom of maneuver for U.S. forces. They required a…
