“Improving Moving

Marksmanship”

Marathon Robotics April 12, 2010

What Requirement are we Addressing?Improving Moving Marksmanship

“Hitting a target going 10 mph is very hard “

Collateral Benefits:

• Enhanced hostage simulation training

• Improving ‘escalation of force’ decision-making

Recently selected for ~$2 M FCT [Foreign Comparative Test]

Developed in Conjunction with Australian Defense Forces

• Deployed in 2008 on sniper range –

Western

Australia

Two years of feedback from ADF

• Improves moving marksmanship

• Training more realistic and unpredictable

Autonomous Robots Networked for Live-Fire Training

[ARNLT]

The Current ARNLT project

• Selected by Orlando MARCORSYSCOM for testing this year

• Final negotiations in Sydney this week

• Potential for others to obtain robots through a follow-on contract

Next 60 Days: ARNLT:

Exhibitions and demonstrations

• SOFEX: Amman May 10-13

• ITEC: London May 18-20

• EUROSATORY: Paris June 14-18

The Next Step:Off-road ARNLT

• Unpaved ranges

• Ranges with rolling terrain

• Faster speed

Summary

• Goal: Improve Moving Marksmanship

& Enhance Training Realism• Possibly the first autonomous ground robots

deployed by US DoD• Contract with MARCORSYSCOM under DOD

FCT Program in final negotiations• If tests successful, robots could be available to

other agencies• Marathon wishes to learn of SOCOM user

requirements & support innovative applications