INDUSTRY NEWS Fort Leonard Wood Robotics University Develops New Robot to be Used by all Services — The Robotics University at Fort Leonard Wood, Training Area 211, is ready to field a new robot -- the Man Transportation Robotic System Increment II (MTRS Inc II) -- to be used by the Army, Air Force, Marines, and Navy for multiple purposes, including explosive ordnance disposal and detection of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear hazards. According to the U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center, "The MTRS Inc II provides the warfighter with an ability to locate, identify and clear landmines, unexploded ordnance and improvised explosive devices in the path of maneuvering forces. It also provides CBRN Soldiers with the capability to employ CBRN sensors from a distance." Officials said the robot is finished with preliminary development, and is scheduled to be fielded February 2020 with a unit at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Microsoft Tactical Vehicle Takes Center Stage at NSWC Dahlgren Innovation Day —  U.S. Navy scientists and engineers gathered to watch MTV but rather than music videos, they saw quantum-based computing, virtual reality, and DeepCam image recognition among a host of technological solutions emanating from the cloud. The MTV they witnessed – an SUV jam-packed with new technological capabilities, sensors, onboard computing, and a myriad of potential applications – is better known as the Microsoft Tactical Vehicle. The Microsoft speakers and its Tactical Vehicle technology demonstration came to Dahlgren Innovation Day on the heels of the Defense Department’s announcement in October that Microsoft was chosen as the winner of DoD’s Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) Cloud contract with a total contract ceiling of $10 billion. Back to 2019-12-04 issue of C.E. Weekly Back to Members Base Camp Back to CJHunter Home Page