Old armored vehicles will turn into unmanned transport: why did it take the military

Pentagon is actively working on Gears program that will not allow the rusty old APC. The US Department of Defense has announced the beginning of a program called Gears, which is intended to use outdated armed arms in the Armed Forces, Defenscoop writes. The US Army has accumulated a lot of old equipment, which is quietly rusting on landfills and is not used.

Therefore, the Pentagon decided to declare a competition among contractors for the development of a special system, which will allow the use of this armored vehicle as unmanned transport. Since all the leading armies of the world are now actively developing robotic systems, the use of outdated but still useful equipment is in line with modern military trends, the US is said. In addition, such robotization will help to protect the troops from danger and get more tactical opportunities.

Examples of next generation technologies in the development include an optional manned combat vehicle and robotic fighting machines. However, the Pentagon also wants to modernize old systems such as logistics trucks and APCs to make them more autonomous. The Pentagon promises that they will carefully consider all the decisions on both the hardware and software components.

This can include: network and communication systems, critical for autonomy hardware, graphic control interfaces, autonomous navigation software and everything you need to automate equipment. Selected companies can be asked to process up to 6 cars within one year after receiving a contract and up to 50 or more, cars integrated for two and a half years after successful tests at the landfill.