The US Army will run a demonstration later this month using a DARPA-developed, 12-ton unmanned ground vehicle to perform mine-clearing tasks. Soldiers will operate the vehicle in field trials to assess its ability to detect and clear explosive hazards and integrate into engineering operations.
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The demonstration will put a 12‑ton DARPA unmanned ground vehicle through soldier-operated mine‑clearing trials, directly testing UGV survivability, sensing and engineering integration — core metrics for fielding explosive‑hazard mitigation systems.
The test sits inside a broader Army push to accelerate and centralize unmanned capability acquisition and interoperability; see the service's move to an Army-led task force to fast-track counter-drone capabilities and the publication of a common interface standard for unmanned systems meant to speed integration and fielding.
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