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Armed Robotic Vehicle
The Armed Robotic Vehicle (ARV), in development at BAE Systems in Santa Clara, California, will provide the U.S. Army with the ability to see and strike the enemy first, while offering soldiers unprecedented protection and survivability.
The semi-autonomous ARV is the largest unmanned ground vehicle in the Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) program, and will be an integral platform within platoons and companies in the FCS-equipped Brigade Combat Teams. ARV will be highly deployable - two at a time on C-130 airplanes. The ARV offers the battlefield commander new and unmatched capabilities for reconnaissance, surveillance, target acquisition as well as assault firepower.
A key capability for the ARV is the Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition (RSTA) sensor suite, providing long-range standard and thermal imagery, as well as laser targeting capability. The two variants will share a common chassis.
