Unmanned Ground Vehicle

These systems operate without a human being positioned on or within the vehicle, and their operation is achieved through autonomous or remote control. Unmanned Ground Vehicle feeds to the Unmanned Systems blended market.

This document contains definitions for the market, customer missions, and unique market attributes.

The Unmanned Ground Vehicle Market includes:

Defensive and offensive combat vehicles, combat support vehicles, logistics vehicles and Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) vehicles used by a military organization;
Tethered and un-tethered variants;
Significant system upgrades, modernization or refurbishment programs;
Service and support focused within the Unmanned Ground Vehicle market.

The Unmanned Ground Vehicle Market does not include:

Manned land systems;
Formerly manned platforms fitted for remote control (drones )
Target systems not intended for re-use;
Manned or “mannable” demining vehicles, albeit capable of unmanned tele-operation;
Non-powered items such as towed artillery, trailers, or transportable containers;
Company-funded research and development;
Government budget for overhead and program management.

Unmanned Ground Vehicles Customer Function

Air and Missile Defense	This category is for all self-propelled vehicles that carry sensors and weapons (guns or missiles) intended to engage and destroy enemy airborne targets of all types.
Ambulance	Are typically one variant of wheeled or tracked vehicles, of military family of vehicles converted to ambulances. They are usually armored to the same degree as other variants with a different medical mission systems package.
Amphibious	Amphibious vehicles are explicitly limited to those platforms whose major purpose is amphibious assault from the sea. Vehicles that may have a significant water/river crossing capability, but not intended to launch from sea-based platforms, are not included in this category. This classification means that amphibious platforms in the current database are primarily the US AAV and LVTP platforms and the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV).
Anti-Tank Vehicle	These are tracked or wheeled vehicles solely dedicated to tank destruction via ambush. They are typically used in coordination with tanks. The weapon can be an ATGM (anti-tank guided missile) or large caliber cannon.
Armored Personnel Carrier (APC)	These vehicles, generally tracked, are primarily intended to transport small numbers of troops (less than 20) under some level of armored protection. APC vehicles may have some water or river crossing capability and therefore be referred to as having an amphibious capability, but they are not intended as “ocean-going” amphibians for use in amphibious assault from ships. They are usually armed and operate in coordination with tanks providing their primary defense. Vehicles originally designed as APCs are often extensively modified for other missions, including light assault, reconnaissance, command and control. Unless we have explicit detailed information on these modified platforms we include them within the APC functional category.
Bridging Vehicle	These are tracked or wheeled vehicles that carry a variety of metal bridge sections. They are used by mechanized forces, both armored and unarmored. Tracked variants typically are converted from tank chassis and carry a folding metal bridge instead of a turret. Wheeled bridging vehicles are similar in bridge technology however; the bridge load capability is typically lower.
Combat Engineering (Vehicle)	These vehicles cover a wide variety of vehicles used for combat vehicle repair and retrieval, mine clearing, construction, medical support or any other vehicles operating in close proximity to fighting vehicles but generally unarmed, or only lightly armed for self-defense. It includes vehicles originally intended for another functional category that have been significantly modified for combat support missions.
Command Post Vehicle	These are vehicles used for command and control. They typically have no offensive weapon systems but instead have advanced radio and communication equipment for commanders and staff to exercise command and coordinate air and artillery support.
Infantry Fighting Vehicles and Light Attack Vehicles	This category covers a broad span of combat vehicles, often wheeled rather than tracked. They are usually lightly armed and carry a small number of troops under arms. This category includes a broad range of vehicle sizes and weights from small “desert rat” type vehicles to 19-ton Stryker-sized vehicles and larger.
Logistics Support (Vehicle)	This category includes a wide variety of vehicles not primarily intended for direct contact with the enemy. Large trucks of all types are in this category, including fire trucks for use at military airfields. The vehicles in this category are often Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) or COTS-derived. This category includes most of the HMMWV (High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle) and its variants.
Mine Warfare	Those platforms with the capability to detect and/or clear mines.
NBC Nuclear-Biological-Chemical	This category includes vehicles intended for Nuclear, Biological, Chemical and High-Yield Explosives related missions. These may include monitoring, cleanup or similar non-Reconnaissance missions that have a payload of NBC-specific equipment that represents a significant portion of the entire platform. The vehicles are typically significantly modified variants within a family of vehicles, but can also be stand-alone vehicles.
Recovery Vehicle	These can be tracked or wheeled, and are usually built on the chassis of the vehicle in the same class as they are supposed to recover. They have a variety of recovery equipment but normally have an A-Frame crane, a main towing winch and towing package. They are normally armored and built on the chassis of a main battle tank or other armored fighting vehicles.
Surveillance/Reconnaissance	This category includes vehicles specially equipped for Reconnaissance. They are generally lightly armed and have a payload of electronic equipment that represents a significant portion of the entire platform. Vehicles in this category often include vehicles that are significantly modified APCs or IFVs and for which explicit data exists on their modifications.
Self-Propelled Artillery (SPA)	These vehicles carry major weapon systems capable of engaging the enemy with indirect fires. The category includes both conventional tubed artillery and multiple-tubed rocket launchers. Towed artillery is explicitly excluded from this category.
Tank	This category includes heavy, medium and light tanks, and tracked “tank-killers”. These vehicles mount a high caliber turreted gun capable of engaging other tanks.
Multiple	This category includes any instance when the record involves more than one functional segmentation category.
Other	This category includes any vehicle function not explicitly described by another function category.
Research & Technology	Broad based and general Military Ground Vehicle related technology.
Unidentified R&D	A modeled estimate of R&D Sales not yet identified.

Unmanned Ground Vehicle Attributes

Locomotion Means

Locomotion Means is an attribute field with four unique selections: Wheeled, Tracked, Multi-traction, and Unspecified. Multi-traction is used on those very few vehicles that employ both wheeled and tracked locomotion. Unspecified is used when the locomotion means is unknown or the record is generic and not limited to a single locomotion means.

Unmanned Ground Vehicle