New post on *Ed Schroeder's: MILITARY INTELLIGENCE DAILY*
<http://militarywritersassociation.wordpress.com/author/lhmscadet/> *Ed Schroeder's Military Intelligence Daily: Drone Technology Now Available for Military Trucks*<http://militarywritersassociation.wordpress.com/2014/02/03/ed-schroeders-military-intelligence-daily-drone-technology-now-available-for-military-trucks/> by *WRITER*<http://militarywritersassociation.wordpress.com/author/lhmscadet/> *The US Army Tank-Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) and weapons contractor Lockheed Martin first demonstrated earlier this month the Autonomous Mobility Applique System (AMAS) at Fort Hood in Texas. The technology gives full autonomy to convoy vehicles that must often traverse dense urban terrain, often posing great risk to military personnel.* *The driverless system has shown the ability to "navigate hazards and obstacles including pedestrians, oncoming traffic, road intersections, traffic circles and stalled and passing vehicles," Wired reported.* *Lockheed Martin integrated sensor technology and control systems with Army and Marine tactical-vehicle capabilities for AMAS, which the powerhouse weapons maker began in 2012 under an initial US$11 million contract. The versatile AMAS "is installed as a kit and can be used on virtually any military vehicle," according to Lockheed.* *"The AMAS CAD [Capabilities Advancement Demonstration] hardware and software performed exactly as designed, and dealt successfully with all of the real-world obstacles that a real-world convoy would encounter," said Lockheed's AMAS program manager David Simon in a statement.* *WRITER <http://militarywritersassociation.wordpress.com/author/lhmscadet/>*| February 3, 2014 at 1:21 pm | Categories: *Uncategorized* <http://militarywritersassociation.wordpress.com/?cat=1> | URL: *http://wp.me/p2gQDJ-Nf* <http://wp.me/p2gQDJ-Nf> Comment<http://militarywritersassociation.wordpress.com/2014/02/03/ed-schroeders-military-intelligence-daily-drone-technology-now-available-for-military-trucks/#respond> *See all comments*<http://militarywritersassociation.wordpress.com/2014/02/03/ed-schroeders-military-intelligence-daily-drone-technology-now-available-for-military-trucks/#comments> *Trouble clicking?* Copy and paste this URL into your browser: *http://militarywritersassociation.wordpress.com/2014/02/03/ed-schroeders-military-intelligence-daily-drone-technology-now-available-for-military-trucks/*<http://militarywritersassociation.wordpress.com/2014/02/03/ed-schroeders-military-intelligence-daily-drone-technology-now-available-for-military-trucks/> Thanks for flying with WordPress.com <http://wordpress.com> __._,_.___ __,_._,___ -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
