Lockheed Robotic Vehicle May Be Drafted For Afghan Service

The U.S. Army may dispatch two autonomous unmanned ground vehicles to Afghanistan to see how they perform in a combat area, reports the Armed Forces Journal.

If Lockheed Martin's Squad Mission Support System (SMSS) does well, the service is expected to issue a request for proposals under its urgent-need acquisition program, which could fast-track new large robot vehicles into combat.

Two SMSS vehicles have already been supplied for short-term trials at Fort Benning, Ga., the...