2023-06-20 07:04:59
[더구루=길소연 기자] The US military is developing a military jeep that can drive autonomously. Protect military vehicle operators from danger and ensure sustainable operational capabilities.
According to the industry on the 20th, the US Department of Defense and Innovation (DIU) will upgrade military jeeps Humvees to self-driving vehicles within the next few years. As part of the Ground Expeditionary Autonomous Retrofit System (GEARS) project, existing military vehicles are endowed with safe and reliable unmanned operational capabilities through hardware and software integration.
In this regard, DIU held a contest for ideas on how to develop self-driving cars well on the 13th (local time). The munitions vendor whose idea was selected should be able to deliver more than 50 self-driving military jeeps, Humvees, to the US Army within two and a half years following signing a contract with the Army.
The reason why Humvees are converted into self-driving vehicles is that supply vehicles and troops are often targets of attack on the battlefield. If a troop transport vehicle is attacked, military operations may be halted, or military morale may be lowered, such as in areas occupied by the military or areas with rebels, so there are robot maintenance vehicles and fully autonomous driving to protect the driver.
Autonomous vehicles must be able to operate in a military environment. Required missions consist of convoy driving, waypoint navigation (pre-routing) and remote operation (remote operational control).
“The Department of Defense has a small fleet of military vehicles for transportation operations,” the DIU said in a statement. said.
The Humvee is a high-performance four-wheel drive armored transport vehicle developed by the United States. Its official name is High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). Produced by AM General. Since the 1980s, it has been used as a small tactical vehicle for the US Army.
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