High Mobility Ground Targets

High Mobility Ground Targets (HMGT)

Kratos offers affordable field-proven off-the-shelf High Mobility Ground Targets (HMGT) solutions for robust high-reliability test, training, and weapon system evaluation missions. HMGT solutions include retrofitting various vehicles of opportunity to enable unmanned operation. The retrofit kit converts human-driven vehicles into unmanned systems, enabling tele-operational, path following, and autonomous operation through the integration of a Vehicle Control Module (VCM), electromechanical actuators, communications systems, Point of View (POV) cameras, sensors, and hardware installation kits. These vehicles are used to support different mission objectives, including testing and training. Existing projects have included HMMWVs, FMTV, commercial cars/trucks/SUVs, T-72 tank, and ATVs.

Training Realism - Uncrewed Training Targets

Training Realism

Uncrewed Training Targets

Customized - Command & Control

Customized

Command & Control

Tele-Operation - GPS & GPS-Denied Environments

Tele-Operation

GPS & GPS-Denied Environments

Adaptable Solutions

Once automated, the HMGT is then controlled using a robust command and control ground system, enabling the automated vehicle to perform practical locomotion combinations that include forward/reverse, steering left/right, and parking in either tele-operational, path following, or autonomous modes. Advanced capabilities are also available for missions that require GPS-denied, vehicle formation, and convoy operations. To ensure safe operation, there are a number of manual and automated safety systems available, including vehicle-mounted and independent remote E-Stop controllers, as well as automated fault monitoring systems identifying any loss of command, navigation, and obstacle detection conditions.

T-72 testing
  • Operation — High/slow speed (up to 70 mph), various terrains (gravel, improved, unimproved, etc.), day/niqht
  • Wheeled/Tracked — Retrofit automated vehicles (commercial vehicles, HMMWV, T-72 tank, etc.)
  • Common Control Platforms — Silhouette vehicle representations on an automated platform
  • Multi-Vehicle Missions — Individual vehicle control, formation, and coordinated time of arrival
  • GPS-Denied — Advanced INS and wide-angle video streams
  • Autonomous — Pre-programmed path following, system health telemetry, or sensor enabled

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