Israel's Army Is Giving Its Combat Vehicles AI and High-Tech Helmet Displays

By 1st Lt. Tyler N. Ginter - http://www.army.mil/media/250223, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19828780
August 31, 2019 Topic: Security Region: Middle East Blog Brand: The Buzz Tags: IsraelIDFCombat VehicleHUDAI

Israel's Army Is Giving Its Combat Vehicles AI and High-Tech Helmet Displays

The future.

The program is not meant to produce a new vehicle, but focuses on autonomous and automatic maneuvering, artificial intelligence (AI) and more.

TEL AVIV – A version of the F-35 pilot’s helmet in a fighting ground vehicle? The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have decided to give their armored combat vehiclescapabilities like that in fast-moving ground forces equipped with sensors and weapons to win the ground battle quickly and decisively. Breaking Defense reports. Continue reading original article

The Military & Aerospace Electronics take:

6 Aug. 2019 -- The Carmel concept has already been briefed to the U.S Army. Development of the system has reached a stage where the components have been developed and are being integrated on the combat vehicles.

The program is not meant to produce a new vehicle, but focuses on autonomous and automatic maneuvering, artificial intelligence (AI) and more. Carmel was launched three years ago as a multi-year program to upgrade the IDF’s combat vehicles, producing an agile, effective, innovative, compact, easy-to-maneuver vehicle at relatively low cost.

Elbit Systems developed the Iron Vision see-through helmet-mounted display, based on the technology the company developed for the F-35 fighter jet. The concept includes autonomous capabilities and artificial intelligence for decision making and targeting with increased speed and accuracy.

This article by John Keller originally appeared on Military & Aerospace Electronics in 2019.

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