DARPA is looking for technologies to improve the sensors and weapons of the dismounted infantry squad.
The Squad X Core Technologies (SXCT) program will focus on four areas:
Squad-level sensors to detect potential threats out to 1 kilometer.
Enable soldiers to determine their locations to less than 20 feet in GPS-denied environments, through collaboration with embedded unmanned air and ground systems.
Squad-level precision weapons effective out to 1 kilometer.
Non-kinetic means for the squad to disrupt enemy C4ISR and unmanned vehicles.
"SXCT aims to help dismounted infantry squads have deep awareness of what's around them, detect threats from farther away and, when necessary, engage adversaries more quickly and precisely than ever before," said Maj. Christopher Orlowski, DARPA program manager. "We are working toward advanced capabilities that would make dismounted infantry squads more adaptable, safe and effective."
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