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Air Force

Joint Office Defines Interoperability Standards For Unmanned Ground Systems

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

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The first Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) Interoperability Profile (IOP) has been approved that defines interoperability, modularity and commonality standards among future unmanned ground systems. The approval of IOP Version 0 (V0) defines the path forward for UGV development at the Robotic System Joint Project Office (RS JPO). All future requirements documents and Requests for Proposals will reference the IOP, and bidders will be required to adhere to these IOP guidelines. The interoperability standards are dynamic and will be refreshed and…

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