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Okay ,

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so here at Fort Polk we're going to be

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integrating our project origin

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platforms which are surrogates for

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their body combat vehicle uh into the

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opposing forces , the Op Force task

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organization right now this week , what

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we're doing is we're doing new

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equipment training . So we're letting

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the operators take the platforms out ,

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familiarize themselves with the

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operation , learning how to do

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troubleshooting and employ its payloads .

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So over the course of the next two

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weeks they're able to take these

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systems into the training area and

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employ them against Blue Four based on

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all the lessons learned from our

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previous experience is with soldiers at

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Fort Benning in Germany and most

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recently at Camp Grayling when we

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conducted a live fire . So all of their

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suggestions and improvements that they

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wanted on the system , we've

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incorporated all those new controller ,

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some new autonomous behaviors , A

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couple of their small payloads and

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we're going to see how they perform .

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This is a little bit different . So

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we've been slowly progressing to force

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on force . We started out with

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no opposition force in Germany where we

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just gave the robots to the soldiers

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and then they kind of exercise them in

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the field to see how they would utilize

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them . But there was no enemy that they

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were fighting . Then we went to Fort

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Benning Georgia and we had limited

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force on force with and without robots .

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I learned a lot . Um but our missions

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were short . There were three hours ,

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four hours , six hours . Um We're now

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going to go into the box um against the

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101st airborne division of on a Joint

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readiness training center full rotation .

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And this is we're giving them the

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robots and they have them for 24/7 for

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two weeks and we're going to have

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minimal interaction with them . Um So

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it's kind of on them to build their

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tactics , techniques and procedures of

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how they would use the robots . So

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we'll see how it goes . This is a new

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environment , It's been raining for

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like four days now . Um We really

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haven't been out in prolonged rain . So

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we'll get to see how the how the robots

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perform in that environment as well as

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the train is a little bit different .

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It's a little more swampy , a lot more

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pine trees um and some other thick

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vegetation that will interfere with our

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communication . The 101st is going to

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try to find us through radio frequency

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detection . Um and then obviously

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moving forward and making contact with

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the robots . So it should be , it

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should be a great experience and we

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should have a lot of lessons learned

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out of this . We're really excited .

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This is kind of a culmination of

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everything we've done with Origin over

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the last couple of years to do a true

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force on force for multiday operations

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this week . We are training up

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basically to get certified enough to

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use it in the box again in rotation

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against R . T . You and see what the

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mud and project origin is all about .

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After I got a little bit of experience

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with it , I realized that its

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versatility can be used in multiple

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aspects to help all of us , like all

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the infantry and combat arms in general

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with the smoke the gun , all that the U .

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A . V . All that pretty compact with

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what we need to use it for especially

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for us because like out in the box

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we're known for like being stealthy

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sneaky and always attacking our t when

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they least expect it especially at

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night and it's camel up good which we

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love to do here . And so I think it

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would work really good for us against

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them . Getting the soldiers to get

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these components in hand is really

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giving us vital feedback for uh you

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know button placement overall usability

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because sometimes the engineer looks at

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it and like okay I think this should go

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here but when the soldier who has a

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more tactical mindset and is using them

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you know to actually save lives out in

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the field they can look at it and say

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this is not going to work for us . And

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that that feedback is vital the way

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that um the developers are doing

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everything . I think they're really

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trying to work on The ins and outs of

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it , trying to design it 100% . So

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where it's not A 60% chance that it'll

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work or an 80% . They wanted to be 100% .

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So I'm glad that they're they're doing

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a lot of test runs um going forward .

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This particular experiment is very

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significant because we have never

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employed robots in a manner where we

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can actually learn the T . T . P . S .

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And S . O . P . S . And how to defeat

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enemy robots . Also the reason why it's

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important is Geronimo first the 5 0/9

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has a lot more flexibility in how they

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employ these systems than traditional

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forces do . So we believe we're going

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to get some very creative use cases .

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Maybe some new ways of looking at the

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problem and develop new value

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propositions for the R . C . V . Given

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their ability to creatively solve the

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problem through nontraditional means .

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So one of the things that's really good

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about this exercise is the partnerships

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that we've had with P . O . Kim , bio

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armament center , the CFT Major Wallis

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and and and the next day and Combat

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Vehicle Team General Kaufman has been

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just a huge advocate of our origin and

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uh ensuring that all the lessons

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learned from origin are brought over to

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our CV for evaluation to see if that

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should be on the robotic combat vehicle .

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Um and then obviously all the

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information that we we gain from this

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experiment will go down to the army

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capabilities , manager , infantry and

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the robotics requirements division for

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the small mission equipment , transport

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programmer record . So we have a new

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controller that is strictly for

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dismounts and we'll get a lot of good

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feedback on that . We've taken a lot of

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time developing that controller to make

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sure that we get it right and we think

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we have a pretty good solution and

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we'll find out right this is our test .

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And if we pass then um we'll take that

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information , good and bad over to

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product manager , robotics and

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autonomous systems for the small

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mission equipment transport program and

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we'll let them know this is a soldier

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approved solution and then they'll

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build the requirements to get that in

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in the hands of the soldiers . These

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vehicles are gonna be the last time

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they're implemented in an in an

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operational experiment like this .

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We're moving forward with the increment

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to a version two of the project or the

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platform . It's gonna be a tracked

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vehicle . So while we'll have these

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vehicles in the rotation , they will

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not be the primary vehicle for future

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experiments . These vehicles have have

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done about five or six different

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soldiers touch points now . And using

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the data collected from those

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touchpoints , we've improved . We've

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iterated on them . And those

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improvements are gonna be seen in that

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second or that next version of the

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origin platform . We're super excited

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about our next mission that we're going

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to do . We had two members of the first

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special forces group here , one of the

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operational detachment alpha teams ,

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they spent the week with us taking

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notes and so they can inform their team

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what the capabilities are on the robots

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and then february of next year . We're

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going to go out with them to the field

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in uh I'll just say the west coast and

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we're going to conduct some operations

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with them . They are a halo high

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altitude low opening team and we are

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I'm going to deliver origin in a unique

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way actually to unique ways and I'm not

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gonna spoil it right now . Um But we

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are super excited . It's going to

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dramatically increase the the ability

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to deploy these worldwide um short

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notice and then bring that unmanned

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capability to the operation forms

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another fantastic opportunity

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associated with this experiment is that

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it affords us the ability to showcase

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all the work that's been done in the

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past three years and highlight what

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robotic and autonomous systems can

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provide for formation . JR TC is a huge

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stage . The army sees that the world

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season . So being able to take these

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platforms out and have them perform on

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that stage allows the army to

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understand the capability that team

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origin and team R . C . V . Are working

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to provide it in the future and help it

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gain an understanding of where we're

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going and what kind of capability we're

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going to provide the soldiers to enable

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them to be more effective in the future

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formation