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14 October 2022
by Ashley Roque
General Dynamics Land Systems’ TRX Breacher that was at AUSA 2022. (GDLS)
General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) showcased its second-generation Tracked Robot 10-Ton (TRX) with a breaching capability at the Association of the US Army (AUSA) 2022 conference in Washington, DC.
This newest robotic combat vehicle is based around the previous iteration of the tracked, flat-top unmanned ground vehicle that the company unveiled in 2020 and used in several army experiments. The company used “lessons learned” from these service events to build the TRX Breacher, which includes an obstacle-reduction mission package from Pearson Engineering, Tim Reese, the GDLS director for US business development, told Janes in a 7 October email.
“It uses a large pusher blade, an articulated lifting arm, and a MICLIC [mine-clearing line charge] to push or knock down obstacles, to pick up debris and move it, and to clear a path through minefields, respectively,” he wrote. “This configuration of TRX and the obstacle-reduction package was successfully used in August at Fort Hood for the army’s robotic combat vehicle experiment.”
Army officials used the TRX Breacher, along with the initial Robotic Combat Vehicle-Light (RCV-L) and Robotic Combat Vehicle-Medium (RCV-M) prototypes, at this event.
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