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posted by Fnord666 on Sunday December 31 2017, @11:09AM   Printer-friendly
from the skynet++ dept.

A Maine robotics company is in the running to build the Army's next generation of battlefield support vehicles.

Waterboro-based Howe and Howe Technologies is competing with three other firms for a massive government contract to build autonomous vehicles that will carry ammunition and supplies into combat with Army ground forces.

"It is going to be a huge thing in the future, as big as drones or Humvees," said Michael Howe, who owns the company with his twin, Geoffrey. The Army is expected to order thousands of the units by 2020.

[...] To get to this point, Howe and Howe had to pass a grueling field test of their vehicle in the thick swamps and forests of Fort Benning, Georgia.

[...] The outcome, however, was worth it. Howe and Howe passed the trials, beating major defense companies like Lockheed Martin and AM General, which builds the Humvee, and moving onto the next phase of product development.

[...] The other companies moving onto the next development phase are General Dynamics Land Systems, HDT Global and a combined effort from Applied Research Associates and Polaris Defense.


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    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Sunday December 31 2017, @05:58PM (#616169) Journal

    Nuclear weapons are ironic because they are about using space age systems to fight over oil and land. Why not just use advanced materials as found in nuclear missiles to make renewable energy sources (like windmills or solar panels) to replace oil, or why not use rocketry to move into space by building space habitats for more land?

    We'll allocate the money right away! [nextbigfuture.com]

    Why not just use advanced biotech [...] to create [...] agricultural abundance for everyone everywhere?

    The True Story About Who Destroyed a Genetically Modified Rice Crop [slate.com]

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