The US Army's ground technology research and development center GVSC, is located in Warren, Michigan. GVSC is located at Warren, Michigan. It serves as the United States Army’s lead agent for autonomous and driver optional ground vehicle robots as well as combat support technology for next generation combat vehicles.
U.S. GVSC collaborates with industry to accelerate vehicle modernization. This includes the use of advanced engineering, materials, and production processes in a common, economies-of scale environment. These industry-academic alliances are based upon a range of mechanisms, including formal agreements, Other Transaction Agreements and Cooperative Research and Development Agreements. They have contributed to the continuous development of key ground vehicle technology platform platforms and helped advance mobility for all military forces.
Clemson’s VIPR–GS centre is partnering GVSC to complete a multiyear program to improve digital ground vehicle modeling and provide new simulation, engineering and engineering capabilities. This project supports GVSC’s ambitious goals in supporting rapid modernization U.S. Army fleets to meet the new operational demands in a rapidly changing environment.
GVSC leadership visited the campus recently as part of the partnership to review recent research achievements and innovations that are contributing faster to modernizing ground vehicle fleets. The review took place at the CU–ICAR innovation campus, Greenville, South Carolina. It involved a number of graduate students and faculty members who were engaged in VIPR–GS research projects. Many of these focused on the integration digital engineering tools into design to build processes to speed up ground vehicle modernization.
The GVSC team also reviewed Cyber Defense research, including a simulated Bus Defender intrusion defense system and prevention system. These systems are designed to protect ground vehicles from hackers and malware attacks using a combination if driver-optional as well as automated security measures. The project is operational since 2019, and will be evaluated during a Yuma Proving Ground exercise in September 2021.
The Vehicle Systems Security Program at GVSC develops and tests cyber defense technologies to protect ground vehicles against a growing range of threats. These technologies include, without limitation, cybersecurity protection of mission systems, communications, or power systems.
They are also looking at new ways to deploy sensors and integrate them. This will ensure that ground vehicle systems remain secure against cyberattacks even in highly contested battlespaces. This work is being accomplished through a collaborative partnership with Peraton Labs, a cyber security company based in San Jose, California.
The GVSC team helps to secure the Army's future by reducing the use of hexavalent chromium or cadmium-plated parts. These are toxic materials that are not only corroding the metals from which they are made, but also damaging the environment through their release into water and air.
To address these issues, GVSC works with the auto industry through partnerships and cooperative arrangements, such that those with General Motors. The goal is to develop an electric fleet of military vehicles. These agreements will allow rapid development and use of electric military ground vehicles thanks to the technological advancements in the automotive sector.