The U.S. Army plans to award a contract this month to produce hundreds of robotic mules that will help light infantry units carry gear, a product manager said last week, as part of a line of unmanned ground systems the service is developing. Sean Kimmons, Army News Service, reports.
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| The Small Multipurpose Equipment Transport, or S-MET, was tested last year by two U.S. infantry brigades. The six-month assessment included 80 systems from four vendors that were evaluated during home-station training and rotations to the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, La. (Picture source: U.S. Army/courtesy photo) |
