Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI) delivered two unmanned target ground vehicles to the Air Force Range Management Office at Luke Air Force Base.
Additional unmanned target systems have been installed by ASI at Nellis Air Force Base — Nevada Test & Training Range (NTTR), Fort Polk, and on other similar military installations.
Luke Air Force Base plans to utilize these high speed unmanned ground target vehicles for training scenarios in air to ground combat. The two targets are autonomously controlled by ASI’s Mobius software and control station, which is located more than 50 miles away from the operating vehicles.
Towable skids will be pulled behind the target vehicles equipped with scoring systems to train fighter pilots.
Both SUV target vehicles have been equipped with modular autonomous kits including swappable components that may be changed out in the event that parts become damaged during live training scenarios.
For this delivery, ASI used new vehicle auto calibration technology and a newly redesigned modular vehicle control unit which reduces the overall maintenance requirements of the vehicles. The new modular autonomous kit designed with automatic calibration allows the customer to replace damaged parts more easily and also allows customers to move module components to other fleet vehicles in a matter of a few man hours.
