{"id":2976,"date":"2018-05-16T11:38:08","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T14:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nachodelatorre.com.ar\/mosconi\/?p=2976"},"modified":"2018-05-16T11:38:08","modified_gmt":"2018-05-16T14:38:08","slug":"el-us-marines-y-su-vehiculo-de-combate-futuro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/?p=2976","title":{"rendered":"El US Marines y su veh\u00edculo de combate futuro"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/u>EL Cuerpo de Marines de EUA considera un aspecto vital el desarrollo de su nuevo veh\u00edculo de Exploraci\u00f3n, para operaciones terrestres futuras. El proyecto denominado\u00a0Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV),<\/strong>\u00a0requiere un sistema capaz de operar en un ambiente cada vez m\u00e1s tecnificado, pero tambi\u00e9n cada vez m\u00e1s hostil. Este veh\u00edculo deber\u00e1 ser capaz de incursionar profundamente en territorio enemigo, en funciones de reconocimiento y exploraci\u00f3n.\u00a0<\/p>\n

WASHINGTON: By 2023, the\u00a0Marine Corps<\/a>\u00a0wants prototypes for a\u00a0radically new scout unit<\/a>\u00a0they want to be the ground version of the\u00a0F-35<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 scouting ahead into hostile territory, killing key targets, and feeding data back to the rest of the force. Though called the Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle, the project has evolved well beyond a straightforward replacement for the aging Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) into a networked family of manned vehicles,\u00a0ground robots<\/a>, and drones, collectively capable of not only reconnaissance but also\u00a0electronic warfare<\/a>\u00a0and long-range precision strikes.<\/p>\n

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Industry response has been overwhelming. Interested companies have submitted some 282 white papers and counting, deputy commandant\u00a0Lt. Gen. Robert Walsh<\/a>\u00a0said last week. These aren\u2019t just traditional prime contractors proposing manned vehicles, but a host of smaller companies proposing also unmanned systems, sensors, networks, EW, weapons, and more, Walsh and his staff said. The Office of Naval Research (ONR), which is running the $42 million science, technology, and prototyping effort for the Marines, has actually had to push back deadlines to sort through this embarrassment of riches.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a stark contrast to the Marines\u2019 first stab at the Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle, when a small number of big contractors proposed modest improvements on the 1980s-vintage LAV. \u201cThe reason we did this (i.e. reboot the program and work with ONR): I wasn\u2019t seeing the bright ideas coming from industry,\u201d Walsh said.<\/p>\n

By contrast, the former fighter pilot said, \u201cI could see it on F-35,\u201d which started in the 1990s as a stealthy strike fighter but has evolved into an electronic\/cyber warfare platform that can gather and \u201cfuse\u201d a vast amount of data to guide the rest of the force. Walsh wanted to see the same ferment of new tactics and technologies for ground reconnaissance. Now, by all accounts, he\u2019s getting it.<\/p>\n

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Big Ambitions<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Marines have big ambitions for the ARV. \u201cThe vehicle should be able to launch a UAS (Unmanned Aerial System), scout deep, and then use precision fires (and) electronic warfare,\u201d Walsh said last week. Speaking, at the\u00a0Modular Open Systems Summit<\/a>, he emphasized the importance of an\u00a0open architecture<\/a>\u00a0design that could be \u201cconstantly\u201d upgraded with new technologies as they become available.<\/p>\n

What kinds of technologies? His staff and\u00a0online materials<\/a>\u00a0for a January 9 industry day lay out a long wishlist:<\/p>\n