324 XM1216 & XM1216 E1 Small Unmanned Ground System (SUGV)
INVESTMENT COMPONENT Modernization MISSION sensor head, adding target location and PROGRAM STATUS The XM1216 & XM1216 E1 Small improves day/night recognition to 300 s 1&9 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Recapitalization Unmanned Ground Vehicle (SUGV) meters. The improved XM1216 E1 adds Division successfully employed Maintenance is a lightweight, Soldier-portable THE *OINT 4ACTICAL 2ADIO 3YSTEM *423 XM1216 SUGVs in Operation
unmanned ground vehicle capable (ANDHELD -ANPACK AND 3MALL &ORM %NDURING &REEDOM DEPLOYMENT &IT (-3 RADIO AND ABILITY TO MOUNT and completed Operational of conducting Military Operations payloads including: a tether/spooler; Assessment Theater in Urban Terrain (MOUT), tunnels, tactical engagement simulator and a s 1&9 &IELDING 8- sewers and caves. The SUGV provides manipulator arm. Mission duration up SUGV systems to 4th Brigade, 101st Situational Awareness, Situational TO SIX HOURS ON TWO "" BATTERIES Airborne Division (Air Assault) Understanding (SA/SU) and Intelligence, operating in sewers, tunnels and caves, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) travelling at speeds up to 10 kph, PROJECTED ACTIVITIES to dismounted Soldiers. Enables the climbing stairs and 10 inches vertical s 1&9 8- % -ILESTONE # obstacles and traversing slopes up Decision performance of manpower intensive or TO DEGREES LATERAL AND DEGREES high-risk functions without exposing vertical. It is capable of carrying up Soldiers directly to the hazards while to four pounds of payload weight and providing intelligence, information and fording 6 inches of water. increase situational awareness at the squad level. SYSTEM INTERDEPENDENCIES None DESCRIPTION The 34.4 pound SUGV consists of the following: Day/Night/Thermal cameras, laser range finder, Infra-Red (IR) illuminator to facilitate night combat operations, Global Positioning System (GPS), two-way speaker and microphone, and a ruggedized handheld controller. The XM1216 E1 SUGV includes a militarized EO/IR
ACQUISITION PHASE Technology Development Engineering & Manufacturing Development Production & Deployment Operations & Support
UNITED STATES ARMY 325
XM1216 & XM1216 E1 Small Unmanned Ground System (SUGV)
FOREIGN MILITARY SALES None
CONTRACTORS Prime: iRobot (Burlington, MA) Electronics: Benchmark Electronics (Nashua, NH) Communications/Navigation Units: BAE (GEC) (Wayne, NJ) Radios: General Dynamics (Scottsdale, AZ) Operator Control Unit Software: Boeing (Anaheim, CA)
WEAPON SYSTEMS 2013