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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Unmanned convoy passes second driving demo

Unmanned convoyThe Army’s Tank-Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) and Lockheed Martin passed the latest round of tests validating the ability of driverless military-truck convoys to operate safely in a variety of environments.

In the most recent demonstrations, the Autonomous Mobility Appliqué System (AMAS) completed a series of fully autonomous convoy tests involving an unmanned leader vehicle followed by a convoy of up to six additional, autonomous follower vehicles operating at speeds as high as 40 mph.

The tests doubled the length and speed of convoys previously demonstrated under the program, Lockheed said in its announcement.

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