XM1219 armed robotic vehicle

The XM1219 armed robotic vehicle was an unmanned ground combat vehicle based on the MULE Platform. The ARV-A-L MULE Vehicle (XM1219) would feature integrated anti-tank and anti-personnel and reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition (RSTA) systems remotely operated by network linked soldiers. The armed robotic vehicle was canceled in July 2011 over mobility concerns.^[1]

XM1219 armed robotic vehicle
XM1219 ARV-Assault-Light (ARV-A-L) MULE Vehicle
Type	Armed robotic vehicle
Place of origin	United States
Service history
In service	Cancelled with rest of FCS program
Production history
Manufacturer	Lockheed Martin Corporation / The Boeing Company
Specifications
Mass	2.5 short tons (2.3 t)
Main armament	Line-of-sight gun
Secondary armament	Anti tank weapons
Engine	6x6 in-hub electric motors Diesel-electric
Guidance system	Robotic / command control

The armed robotic vehicle (ARV) variant of the MULE

Design

• The MULE platform is controlled by a modified Xbox 360 controller for ease of training recruits familiar with console controllers.

Mobility

• Transportable inside a C-130 Hercules and CH-47 Chinook.
• Transportable, slung under a UH-60 Black Hawk.
• Climb more than a 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) step.
• Cross a 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) gap.
• Traverse side slopes of 40 percent.
• Ford water obstacles over 0.5 metres (1 ft 8 in).
• Cross obstacles as high as 0.5 metres (1 ft 8 in).

Variants

Assault

The only production variant of this vehicle was the assault light (ARV-A-L).

See also

• Foster-Miller TALON – (United States)
• Gladiator tactical unmanned ground vehicle – (United States)
• SGR-A1 – (South Korea)
• MGM-166 LOSAT, a canceled U.S. Army line-of-sight missile
• Mobile Protected Firepower, an ongoing U.S. Army light tank acquisition program
• XM1202 mounted combat system, a U.S. Army Future Combat Systems 20-ton tank canceled in 2011
• M1134 anti-tank guided missile vehicle, a Stryker tank destroyer variant