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February 2nd, 2014 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda 
Susanne Posel ,Chief Editor Occupy Corporatism | The US Independent
February 1, 2014
Autonomous cars are on the tip of every tech junkie’s tongue, but Lockheed Martin (LM) is taking self-driving to the military.
The US Army Tank-Automotive Research, Development & Engineering Center (TARDEC) have partnered with LM to unveil the latest in drone technology for the military.
LM is known for building vehicles for the Department of Defense (DoD). Now they are experimenting with driverless convoys for military applications known as the Autonomous Mobility Appliqué System (AMAS) program.
AMAS is specified for the US Army and US Marine Corps.
LM received a $11 million contract from the DoD in 2012 to produce AMAS vehicles that utilize algorithms to control the squad mission support system (SMSS); a 6 wheeled conventional vehicle that has been used in Afghanistan.
In a press release , LM stated: “The AMAS program intends to demonstrate the system across eight vehicle types. AMAS does not interfere with drivers who choose to operate their vehicle manually. It adds a sensing and control function that alerts users and so they can rapidly react to safety threats. Many of the algorithms on AMAS also control Lockheed Martin’s Squad Mission Support System unmanned ground vehicle, which was recently used by soldiers in Afghanistan.”
Recent testing of the technology has proven the fully autonomous convoys are able to maneuver urban environments while travelling with multiple types of vehicles.
At Fort Hood in Texas, the SMSS was a raging success with the AMAS’ Capabilities Advancement Demonstration (CAD) able to complete demonstrational tasks to prove the technology’s safety for future application on military missions.
Difficulties for the self-driving vehicles to overcome have been:
• Navigating intersections
• Avoiding oncoming traffic
• Driving around stalled or passing vehicles
• Pedestrians
• Traffic circles in urban and rural areas
This brand of first generation robotic cars is serving as a foundation for the DoD to have standard cars outfitted with autonomous driving computers, LIDAR sensors and a GPS receiver.
LM explains that this gear “could be used on virtually any military vehicle, but in these tests was affixed to the Army’s M915 tractor-trailer trucks and to Palletized Loading System vehicles.”
AMAS vehicles can be driven by a human operator or switched to autonomous driving should an emergency occur or if necessary for the defense of occupants in the vehicle.
David Simon, manager for the AMAS program stated: “The AMAS CAD hardware and software performed exactly as designed, and dealt successfully with all of the real-world obstacles that a real-world convoy would encounter.”
Source Article from http://www.occupycorporatism.com/lockheed-martin-tests-robotic-convoys-military/
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