re is partnered with Honeywell and Carnegie Mellon University on the Future Combat Systems (FCS) Organic Air Vehicle (OAV) program. The OAV will be a Class II air platform that can move with and be deployed at the platoon level. re is responsible for providing the surrogate air platform, based on a Yamaha Rmax helicopter, as the final air platform, a ducted fan system, continues to be designed. re also aids in testing of the collision avoidance system, which focuses on detecting and avoiding wires (e.g. powerlines).

Dragon Runner™
Customer: Marine Corps

re was contracted by the National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) to design and implement the software system for Dragon Runner, a program funded by the Marines Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL). Dragon Runner is a light-weight small UGV used for reconnaissance, keeping Marines away from danger. There are three components of the Dragon Runner: 1) the 14-lb vehicle, 2) a communications backpack, and 3) a handheld OCU. re was responsible for the software design and implementation for all three components. Dragon Runner is currently undergoing testing in Iraq.

re participated on the Perception for Off-Road Mobility (PerceptOR) program, a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) funded program, to push the envelope of autonomous navigation on unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs). This competitive program started with 5 teams, but at the end of the three-year program, only the NREC/re team was involved in the program's third phase of intensive field testing. Under this program, RE2 provided highly mobile semi-autonomous UGV platforms. The base re vehicle would maintain the commanded speed regardless of terrain fluctuations.re has commercialized the PerceptOR UGV platform as a test system for research and development initiatives (SHERPA).

Unmanned Ground Combat Vehicle (UGCV)
Customer: DARPA

re was partnered with the NREC to build an Unmanned Ground Combat Vehicle (UGCV) for DARPA. re provided software, electrical, and mechanical engineering support for the first-generation vehicle, Spinner, and the second-generation vehicle, Crusher.

UPI
Customer: DARPA

re continues to work with Carnegie Mellon on the UGCV-PerceptOR Integrated (UPI) Program. Under the program, the brain of PerceptOR and the brawn of UGCV are integrated to provide a rugged all-terrain autonomous vehicle. re provides robotics engineering services for many aspects of the vehicle, including vehicle payloads, electro-mechanical modifications, and autonomous navigation software integration.

Electro-Optic Sensor Evaluation for Unmanned Vehicles
Customer: National Center for Defense Robotics and The Penn State Electro-Optics Center

Through a grant from the National Center for Defense Robotics (NCDR), part of The Technology Collaborative (TTC), re was contracted by the Penn State Electro-Optics Center (EOC) to perform an in-depth analysis of electro-optic sensors for unmanned systems. As a result of this work, the Penn State Electro-Optics Center (EOC) is in the process of setting up a facility for testing electro-optics for Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs).