Overview
- The wheeled unmanned ground vehicle, revealed Tuesday at the Modern Day Marine show, is billed as a “robotic force multiplier” to team with the Amphibious Combat Vehicle and the future Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle to extend reach and keep Marines out of harm’s way.
- It weighs about 4,300 pounds, carries up to 2,000 pounds on a flat deck, runs all‑electric for roughly 30 miles, and can reach 53 mph with fording up to 48 inches.
- Textron says it can perform hard‑kill counter‑drone missions and reconnaissance, and it can launch loitering munitions from a multi‑tube array shown on the demonstrator.
- Built around a Modular Open Systems Approach, an open‑architecture design, the M1 is a technology demonstrator and the first in a planned family that lets units swap payload kits at the unit level.
- Developed with subsidiary Howe & Howe, the M1 follows the RIPSAW line that included the M3 tied to the Army’s now‑canceled Robotic Combat Vehicle effort, and no Marine Corps procurement or fielding timeline has been announced.