Pathfinder UGV
Australia-based Praesidium
Global (Stand S10-210) has
unveiled its Pathfinder UGV .
According to the company,
it is the world’s first air-
deployable unmanned ground
vehicle (UGV) solution.
Pathfinder carries two
UGVs housed in a deployment
kennel that is inserted into the
operational area by means of a
GPS-guided precision delivery
parachute.
Once Pathfinder
reaches its target area, the
vehicles are deployed and
controlled from an orbiting
aircraft as they confirm
conditions on the ground.
‘‘Pathfinder is effectively a
Mars Rover unit for airborne
and special forces,’’ the company
said. ‘‘It enables a team in an
aircraft to answer questions
about an objective in progress.
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