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NREC 6x6 Spinner Unmanned Ground Combat Vehicle

Artist's impression of the NREC Spinner Copyright � CMU

Artist's impression of the NREC Spinner Copyright � CMU

First Prototype of the NREC Spinner Copyright � CMU

Artist's impression of Spinner demonstrating it's rollover capability Copyright � CMU

Background

The Spinner is the first of a new concept in AFV design for the United States Army's Future Combat System. It is an unmanned combat vehicle capable of performing a variety of missions, either armed or unarmed. While for many years the concept of Unmanned Arial Vehicles have been with us, the use of land systems has been limited to small robotic vehicles for bomb disposal tasks. The National Robotics Engineering Consortium (NREC) of Carnegie Mellon University works with sub-contractors, Boeing, PEI Electronics-Integrated Defense Technologies, Timoney Technology, and UQM Technologies. Timoney is responsible for the vehicles unique invertible suspension and wheel drive units which gives the Spinner the ability to operate upside down after rollover. It is should be noted that Timoney is the only non-U.S. partner in the venture demonstrating, once again, it's leadership in the field of high mobility suspension systems and vehicles.

Vehicle Specification Crew 0 Unmanned Ground Combat Vehicle Armament . . Unladen Weight .Kg . Combat Weight 7,570Kg Approximate Length mm . Width mm . Height 1,500mm Approximately Max. Speed kph Open road Max. Speed in Water kph . Range Km Open road Max. Vertical Step mm . Max. Trench mm . Ballistic Protection AP All Round Ballistic Protection AP Frontal Arc Ballistic Protection kg TNT Anywhere under the Vehicle Engine PEI-IDT/UQM bhp/Kw Transmission PEI-IDT/UQM .

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