The Army will fall well short of a congressional goal that one-third of U.S. military ground combat vehicles be unmanned by 2015, according to a service official.The Army has found unmanned ground vehicles (UGV) to be useful for certain missions, such as neutralizing roadside bombs, Army acquisition chief Heidi Shyu said April 21. But the one-third target, set by Congress in 2000, was “pretty aggressive” and proved too expensive and technically difficult to achieve, she said. For instance, many Army…
