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The XM1219 Armed Robotic Vehicle was an
Lockheed Martin: ARV-A-L
*Future Weapons and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qDo6ehxKds 5:30 into video. {{BCT Subsystems Abandoned military projects of the United States Military robots United States Army vehicles Unmanned ground combat vehicles
The XM1219 Armed Robotic Vehicle was an unmanned ground combat vehicle
An unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) is a vehicle that operates while in contact with the ground and without an onboard human presence. UGVs can be used for many applications where it may be inconvenient, dangerous, or impossible to have a human op ...
based on the MULE
The mule is a domestic equine hybrid between a donkey and a horse. It is the offspring of a male donkey (a jack) and a female horse (a mare). The horse and the donkey are different species, with different numbers of chromosomes; of the two po ...
Platform. The ARV-A-L MULE Vehicle (XM1219) would feature integrated anti-tank and anti-personnel and reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition (RSTA) systems remotely operated by network linked soldiers. The Armed robotic vehicle was canceled in July 2011 over mobility concerns.
Design
* The MULE platform is controlled by a modified Xbox 360 controller for ease of training recruits familiar with console controllers.Mobility
*Transportable inside aC-130 Hercules
The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is an American four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin). Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 was originally desi ...
and CH-47 Chinook
The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a tandem rotor helicopter developed by American rotorcraft company Vertol and manufactured by Boeing Vertol. The Chinook is a heavy-lift helicopter that is among the heaviest lifting Western helicopters. Its name, C ...
.
*Transportable, slung under a UH-60 Black Hawk
The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk is a four-blade, twin-engine, medium-lift utility military helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. Sikorsky submitted the S-70 design for the United States Army's Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System ( ...
.
*Climb more than a step.
*Cross a gap.
*Traverse side slopes of 40 percent.
*Ford water obstacles over .
*Cross obstacles as high as .
Variants
Assault
The only production variant of this vehicle was the ''Assault Light (ARV-A-L)''.Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition
The Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition or (RSTA) was likely canceled at some point.See also
* Foster-Miller TALON * Gladiator Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicle *SGR-A1
The SGR-A1 is a type of autonomous sentry gun that was jointly developed by Samsung Techwin (now Hanwha Aerospace) and Korea University to assist South Korean troops in the Korean Demilitarized Zone. It is widely considered as the first unit of it ...
* MGM-166 LOSAT
The MGM-166 LOSAT (Line-of-Sight Anti-Tank) was a United States anti-tank missile system designed by Lockheed Martin (originally Vought) to defeat tanks and other individual targets. Instead of using a high explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warhead like ...
, a canceled U.S. Army line-of-sight missile
* Mobile Protected Firepower, an ongoing U.S. Army light tank acquisition program
* XM1202 Mounted Combat System, a U.S. Army Future Combat Systems 20-ton tank canceled in 2011
* M1134 Anti-Tank Guided Missile Vehicle
M1134 Anti-Tank Guided Missile Vehicle is a U.S. anti-tank missile carrier that is an armored fighting vehicle from the Stryker family of vehicles. As the primary tank destroyer system of the US Army's Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), the M113 ...
, a Stryker tank destroyer variant
References
*Future Weapons and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qDo6ehxKds 5:30 into video. {{BCT Subsystems Abandoned military projects of the United States Military robots United States Army vehicles Unmanned ground combat vehicles