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The Australian Defence Force has fired Javelin missiles from a Warfighter unmanned ground vehicle in only the second reported firing of such a weapon from a UGV internationally.
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Australian Defence Force’s Special Operations Command held a live fire demonstration with the Javelin portable man-portable anti-tank system at Singleton Military Training Area in NSW in March this year.
The Cyborg Dynamics Engineering UGV system was able to fire multiple Javelin anti-tank missiles from the unmanned ground vehicle and reportedly hit targets with accuracy at maximum range. The Javelin is produced under joint venture between Lockheed Martin and Raytheon.
The UGV (which can support a payload of up to 340 kilograms) was also fitted with R400 remote weapon station built by Canberra-based Electro Optic Systems, with both weapons able to simultaneously attain the same target.
