El US Army inform\u00f3 que se encuentra muy pr\u00f3ximo a adjudicar las contrataciones a 4 empresas, para el dise\u00f1o, prototipos y construcci\u00f3n, del Veh\u00edculo Rob\u00f3tico Liviano de Combate (RCV – L). El desarrollo de plataformas aut\u00f3nomas y tambi\u00e9n tripuladas, forma parte de Programa marco \u201cNext Generation Combat Vehicle\u201d\u2019. En el caso de las completamente aut\u00f3nomas, el objetivo es desarrollar una familia de RCV que incluya las versiones Liviana – Mediana y Pesada (L-M-H), con pesos entre 10 y 30 Tn, que incorporen el concepto de modularidad dentro de la familia, flexibilidad para incorporarles diferentes sistemas de armas de gran letalidad y que sean aerotransportables en helic\u00f3pteros y aeronaves de carga, seg\u00fan sus pesos en cada caso.<\/p>\n
GVSETS 2023 \u2014 The Army is \u201cvery close\u201d to awarding contracts to suppliers for Phase I of the\u00a0Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV) program,<\/a>\u00a0according to an official of the Army Contracting Command.<\/p>\n Speaking today at the 15th Annual Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering & Technology Symposium, in Novi, Mich., Sean O\u2019Reilly, Director of Ground Combat Systems and Sustainment said that the branch is \u201cvery close to making that award.\u201d<\/p>\n The service plans to select up to four vendors for the designing, prototyping, and building a lightweight, easily transportable robotic platform. The winners will be evaluated on performance and design maturity during Phase I, and a single vendor will be selected in Q1 2025.<\/p>\n Brig. Gen. Geoffrey Norman, director of the Next Generation Combat Vehicle Cross-Functional Teams, told the audience on Wednesday that the Army is interested in a common interface for RCVs, which would provide interoperability and modularity in addition to accommodating various mission modules and payloads.<\/p>\n From his perspective, a single provider would not have to be responsible for designing a full robot solution \u201cfrom the payloads down to the wheels or tracks on the ground.\u201d Instead, Norman indicated, the service wants flexibility for what it mounts on the vehicle.<\/p>\n \u201cPicatinny rail<\/a>\u00a0is a standard interoperability profile for small arms. Crew can mount optics on weapons in a way that hasn\u2019t to be unique to any specific weapon, and we want to do the same thing with Robotic Combat Vehicles,\u201d Norman said.<\/p>\n