BAE Systems has conducted trials for its Autonomous Tactical Light Armour System (ATLAS) Uncrewed Ground Vehicle (UGV).
“In just sixteen months, we have gone from launching ATLAS at Land Forces to operating a fully functional prototype demonstrator," BAE Systems Australia, Managing Director – Defence Delivery, Andrew Gresham, said.
“ATLAS has been developed to give soldiers the advantage on the modern battlefield."
The trials are part of the ongoing development for a next generation modular autonomous land capability designed to support main battle tank or combat reconnaissance vehicle capabilities.
Launched at Land Forces in September 2024, the ATLAS Collaborative Combat Variant (CCV) has been the focus of significant trial activities at all levels of autonomy – from teleoperation to waypoint-based navigation, to full "sense and avoid autonomy" – and is a fully functional prototype demonstrator.
“This has resulted in an autonomous platform that will deliver the dull, dirty and dangerous tasks expected in a combat environment," Gresham stated.
“We are currently engaged in significant marketing and customer engagement activities in international markets.”
According to BAE Systems, the ATLAS CCV can be delivered in multiple payload configurations. As shown in the assault configuration, the vehicle is armed with a new, lightweight, affordable, highly automated medium calibre turret system called Vantage, designed for use on uncrewed platforms.
The Vantage turret has integrated BAE Systems’ passive Multi-Spectral Automatic Target Detection, Tracking and Classification System (ATTCS).