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This is a reasonable question, particularly with the Supracat being a “great piece of kit”, as the British would say. The answer is found in looking at the original warfighters’ interests in the...

There were quite a number of other mission and force configurations framed up in the earlier assessment proposal. I listed only a couple. As you said, it would quickly grow, or be zeroed in from...

Per William Owen's questions above relative to JAKE specifications, I provide reference from start of this thread. As Marc noted in his post above, not all details are to be online. (some are already...

First, a pretty complete description of specifications and an image showing relative size are provided on the start, or intro, of this thread. And as you note, the JAKE can have a spectrum of uses...

William,

With all respect, I must ask the one primary question that I posted this thread for: Why, in the middle of a war, with all the discussion of a changing battlespace and changing nature of...

Yesterday, I put several videos on Youtube to help answer a number of questions surrounding the JAKE program. The descriptions and links are provided below.

This may aid visualization of the...

Thanks for the questions. I will try to cover these, realizing that this is yet to be fully worked out with you soldiers in the dirt at full power.

1) A key interest is for the JAKE operator to...

Thanks Ken,

Good comments. Sorry, I was away yesterday and these are good aspects to discuss, so shall speak to what I can of this.

Relative to the vehicle being high, this was a key interest...

Hey, yeah! The Crusher is a fantastic piece of gear. It has really developed well. I have seen it a CMU NRC and know a number of the guys working on it. This is a whole other class than JAKE, though...

Ken, Good points. Part of the resupply interests are met with the ability to longer sustain the surrounding infantry with the JAKE's carried payload (including larger cannisters for minigun to last...

In the example of Taiwan above, I probably should have noted that just as in the original Tactical Decision Game for which the link to its description is given, JAKEs are paired with foot infantry: ...

Interesting discussion yesterday, and maybe we have some introduction to the concepts and some imagination going. Now maybe we need to step into the Tactical Decision Game. The Tactical Decision...

Here is where I would love the funds to orchestrate a paintball/laser tag matchup of systems and talent in a large dense MOUT facility and see who and what vehicles would be moving where. I'd put the...

Ruffian,

You have the view forward that we "are not supposed to talk about".

This is part of the shift in the equation opened by the JAKE that touches on doctrine that goes back to WWI The...

Slapout9

I hadn't caught this post of earlier. You have me laughing. I'd guess there is a reason you have a zero turn mower...the same reason why these buggers have literally swept the landscaping...

Charter6,

What is deceiving is that the front wheels are two feet tall. The back one are the size of the Humvee's.

If you were to be in the border region of Afghanistan, I would couple the...

Marc,

The concept work, the matured technologies of the defense companies wanting to supply and work with a "program of record", to be pulled together by an agile design team for the basic version...

Slapout9,

The homeland security and SWAT and police markets have real applications. They don't seem to have money for development (homeland security has tons, but not available) They like to buy...

Slapout9,

Yeah there are a couple prototypes. They illustrate the concepts well and have provided the basis for a lot of input and discussion with experienced warfighters, and thus evolution of...

Marc,

You are onto the main point. There are some serious points and this has to come forward well thought out, particularly in the present climate. It seems much of our thinking in the equipment...

The intent of the Jake, as seen by experienced Afghanistan and Iraq veterans, is as teamed units that move and cover lines of sight and carry gear supporting dismounted warfighters on patrols. It...

Slapout9,

Yes, I have seen the bot you are referring to and the work in this area is absolutely amazing.

I am just seeking something that works with our guys today...2,000 lb payload, and...

Okay, now we are getting somewhere. Combine this with the image Marc posted and our warriors are ready to go kick butt today, not in 2020.

I have found that one of the biggest mental blocks to...

This thread proposes discussion of opportunities created by a first generation “mega exo-skeleton”: how such an exo-skeleton will create new individual and networked swarm capabilities based on...