Unmanned Aircraft Systems Roadmap 2005-2030 - Federation of ...

UAS ROADMAP 2005
Anti-Personnel/Obstacle Breaching System (APOBS), Light Vehicle Obscurant Smoke System (LVOSS),
and non-lethal area denial and crowd control weapons. Program plans include a Milestone B decision in
1Q FY2005, a Milestone C in 2Q FY2007, and First Unit Equipped (FUE) in 3Q FY2009. Procurements
to be funded by USMC beginning FY2007. Gladiator will be JAUS compliant.
Explosive Ordnance Device (EOD) Man-MTRS
MTRS PackBot EOD MTRS TALON
User Service: Army/Navy/Air Force/Marine Corps
Manufacturer: TBD
Inventory: Planned: Army-461, Navy-220, Air Force-140, Marine Corps-73
Background: MTRS consists primarily of an Operator Control Unit (OCU) and a teleoperated vehicle.
The system components will be small and light enough to be carried as a single load by a two-person
team for 500 meters over semi-rugged terrain. The primary mission is reconnaissance, and the system
will be enhanced to perform other EOD tasks. Plans include development of two configurations of
modified commercial systems to perform recon for EOD missions, with an upgrade path for adding
capability to perform disruption, disposal, and render-safe procedures, and nuclear, chemical and
biological agent detection. The MTRS system is required to be JAUS compliant. CENTCOM has a
validated Operational Needs Statement (ONS) for 162 systems that will be at least partially filled by
approved MTRS configurations. The first production configuration was received in January 2005.
Program plans include: a Final Production Decision for both configurations by May 2005, and
production deliveries of the second MTRS configuration by July 2005.
Characteristics:
MTRS PackBot EOD MTRS TALON
Size 31”x20”x15” (vehicle) 33”x23”x25” (vehicle)
Weight 135 lb (includes vehicle, 165 lb (includes vehicle,
OCU, and batteries) OCU, and batteries)
Max Payload 10 lb 10 lb
Performance:
Endurance 2 hours against realistic 4 hours against realistic mission
mission profile profile (lithium batteries)
Control – Radio 800 meters 800 meters
Control – Fiber Optic 200 meters 200 meters
Interoperability JAUS, RS-232 payloads, JAUS, RS-232 payloads, USB
USB payloads
payloads
Future Focus for the Joint Robotics Program and UGVs
In order to maintain its posture to respond to future robotic requirements, the JRP has initiated efforts
such as the JAUS, National Unmanned Systems Experimentation Environment (NUSE 2 ), and the
development and maintenance of a unmanned systems Critical Technology Matrix. Each of these efforts
recognizes that the robotics development infrastructure must support the entirety of the unmanned
APPENDIX J – UNMANNED GROUND VEHICLES
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