On Nov. 21, 2023, The team Robotics for Engineer Operations (REO) at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) demonstrated their Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) without the use of the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) at the Position, Navigation, Timing Assessment Experiment (PNTAX) '23. This experiment provided the opportunity to run tests focused on localization and freedom of movement of a UGV on challenging roads and rugged combat trails while access to standard navigation was unavailable.
On Nov.02, 2023, Estonian company Milrem Robotics unveiled a tactical unmanned ground vehicle with an AI-guided weapon system programmed for threat identification, prioritization, and tracking. The WarLoc will be based on the Type-X advanced RCV manufactured by Milrem Robotics. The solution combines Milrem's existing THeMIS unmanned ground vehicle and the HITROLE lightweight common remote-operated weapon station developed by Italian defense firm Leonardo.
On Sept. 30, 2023, Kalyani Strategic Systems Ltd., a fully owned subsidiary of Bharat Forge, leading autonomous military technology innovations, announced that Defence Minister Rajnath Singh unveiled its Enhanced Collaborative Autonomous Rover System (ECARS) in an annual North Tech Symposium at IIT Jammu.
The new ECARS is designed to perform various missions such as surveillance, security, rescue operations and safety. The special UGV ECARS has been made in two different versions and is equipped to operate in different terrains.
On Jul. 27, 2023, at IDEF 2023, Turkish company OTOKAR unveiled the ALPAR Unmanned Ground Vehicle and ARMA II Armored Recovery Vehicle. The launch signifies OTOKAR's significant step forward in battlefield technology. The ALPAR UGV is a cutting-edge unmanned platform designed to carry out tasks in unison with the combat zone's manned and unmanned elements.
Key Companies in the unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) Industry include.
- QinetiQ (UK)
- Northrop Grumman Corporation (US)
- Endeavor Robotics (US)
- Cobham plc (UK)
- ICOR Technology (Canada)
- Aselsan AS (Turkey)
- Re2 Inc (US)
- Nexter Group (France)
- Lockheed Martin Corporation (US)
- Superdroid Robots Inc (US)
- iRobot Corp (US)
