The XM1219 armed robotic vehicle was an unmanned ground combat vehicle based on the MULE Platform. The ARV-A-L MULE Vehicle (XM1219) would feature integrated anti-tank and anti-personnel and reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition (RSTA) systems remotely operated by network linked soldiers. The armed robotic vehicle was canceled in July 2011 over mobility concerns.
Design The MULE platform is controlled by a modified Xbox 360 controller for ease of training recruits familiar with console controllers.
Mobility Transportable inside a C-130 Hercules and CH-47 Chinook. Transportable, slung under a UH-60 Black Hawk. Climb more than a 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) step. Cross a 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) gap. Traverse side slopes of 40 percent. Ford water obstacles over 0.5 metres (1 ft 8 in). Cross obstacles as high as 0.5 metres (1 ft 8 in).
Variants
Assault The only production variant of this vehicle was the assault light (ARV-A-L).
See also Foster-Miller TALON – (United States) Gladiator tactical unmanned ground vehicle – (United States) SGR-A1 – (South Korea) MGM-166 LOSAT, a canceled U.S. Army line-of-sight missile Mobile Protected Firepower, an ongoing U.S. Army light tank acquisition program XM1202 mounted combat system, a U.S. Army Future Combat Systems 20-ton tank canceled in 2011 M1134 anti-tank guided missile vehicle, a Stryker tank destroyer variant
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Army modernization at the Wayback Machine (archived August 6, 2009) Lockheed Martin: ARV-A-L at the Wayback Machine (archived October 15, 2008) This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Army.



