DARPA’s Concept Car Makes the Batmobile Look So Passé b4in.org/sA3U The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency posted a video of an advanced concept ground vehicle under development in its Ground X-Vehicle Technologies program. It’s not clear whether the vehicle in question is a light armored car or a tank, but DARPA wants to give it improved survivability through the use of advanced technologies. The vehicle will rely on speed rather than armor because the amount of armor needed for current threat environments is increasingly burdensome and ineffective against ever-improving weaponry, DARPA said. This concept video illustrates five of many potential approaches: • A closed cockpit that would use visualization technologies to provide high-definition, wide-angle visibility of external conditions • Path planning that would display optimal routes • Sensors that would use a variety of technologies to visualize surroundings and identify and track allies and adversaries • Terrain classification that would evaluate surroundings for optimal travel surfaces • Autopilot capabilities that would automate routine driving tasks to enable drivers to focus on more strategic activities Ground-based armored fighting vehicles and their occupants have traditionally relied on armor and maneuverability for protection. The amount of armor needed for today’s threat environments, however, is becoming increasingly burdensome and ineffective against ever-improving weaponry. GXV-T seeks to develop revolutionary technologies to enable a layered approach to protection that would use less armor more strategically and improve vehicles’ ability to avoid detection, engagement and hits by adversaries. Such capabilities would enable smaller, faster vehicles in the future to more efficiently and cost-effectively tackle varied and unpredictable combat situations. More b4in.org/sA3U
Posted on: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 00:57:34 +0000
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