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Oshkosh, Army Sign R & D Agreement

Unit of Oshkosh Corp. signed a research and development deal with the Army for refining the technology that enables unmanned ground vehicles to operate in a convoy.

OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) -- A unit of Oshkosh Corp. said Monday it signed a research and development deal with the Army for refining the technology that enables unmanned ground vehicles to operate in a convoy.

The three-year collaboration between Oshkosh Defense and the U.S. Army's Tank and Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center will focus on upgrading Oshkosh's unmanned TerraMax vehicle.

"The objective is to create a lead (unmanned) vehicle that can navigate and operate in missions, while communicating route information to another unmanned follower vehicle," Oshkosh said in a news release.

"The vehicles must be able to operate near-autonomous in a safe manner among people, animals, vehicles and other obstacles at operational speeds and in tactical environments."

Oshkosh did not disclose financial details of the arrangement.

In afternoon trading shares rose 26 cents, or 2.7 percent, to $10.08.

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