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 --Jake is the 21st century view of a supporting force for our Soldiers and Marines on the ground, with characteristics of particular strength within the urban environment. It combines new technologies in new ways to fill the capabilities gap existing between our foot soldier and their armored trucks. It is compact, a robust heavy weapons platform, and yet a softer “face” amongst civilians.
--Jake makes the soldier readily accessible to civilian interaction while protecting him from sniper fire and IED blasts and giving him firepower of a 50 cal or 4,000 round M134 mini-gun in the tightest urban situation.
 --Jake is a 3,000 pound, spin agile soldier support system providing ballistic protection for the soldier, doing this on 2-WD, 4-WD, 6-WD, and tracks to meet a multitude of mission environments.
--Jake carries 2000 lbs. of lethal and non-lethal weapons and tools, IED jammer, sniper sensor, 3D mapping, smaller robots, communications, remote buddy interface, sensors, ammo, water, food, batteries, generator, medivac, and mine detection gear, able to quickly drop off its squad support pack at mission site.
--Jake can spin on a dime and perform robotically, flushing out a sniper, covering a soldier under fire, or getting our wounded out fast. Its tactics multiply with our troops' ingenuity.
--Jake excites Special Forces, Marines and Soldiers who have seen it, with its teaming to support patrols, as deterrence to the ‘bad guys’ and security to friendly populations.
--Jake gives our guys constant teaming with ”buddies” coordinating from remote locations and can be surgically inserted to rapidly deal with trouble spots anywhere in the world.
--Jake is agile protection of port, critical facilities and airports within homeland security. It “walks softly and carries a big stick”
--Jake is stated as "worth a billion dollars in recruiting power alone" - US Army Ranger Recruiter
First, let’s be clear that anything can be blown up (so best to not give them as much if they succeed). Second, Jakes address IEDs in a manner much as today’s ground patrol tactics for success are counter-intuitive: doing what may look more dangerous so that you achieve a result that is less dangerous, leading to effectiveness of missions --- now counted on as the path to winning.
Soldiers and Marines experienced in urban and unconventional warfare state that Jake tactics share commonality with General Petraeus’ doctrine on engagements and expands on this, where Jakes support interaction amongst the population while providing heightened protection and response. This is through its carrying IED sensors, IED jammers, ability to engage suspicious situations robotically, agility of maneuver around areas of concern, ability to change patrol routes so the enemy doesn’t have a known path in which to plant IEDs or stage an ambush, having a smaller footprint lessening the chance of being over an IED, and splitting up the number of soldiers on units that may be hit by an IED. A Jake provides operator protection from a near area blast, and ballistics protection to stand and engage a firefight without being tricked into taking cover around a corner where an IED is planted.
These defensive tactics are knit in with Jake’s ability to be interactive and take the offensive with heightened “situational awareness” with excellent operator view, ability to patrol greater areas, operate quietly in an electric mode, carrying equipment sensing trace elements of explosives to map who is working with explosive materials where, and being more places gathering intelligence through interface with civilians and establishing security. This all leads to removal of insurgent and terrorist IED makers: working proactively on the offense rather than continuing costly attrition of heavily defensive actions.
The Jake’s strength is within a new doctrine of teaming and supporting force and developing this new doctrine of maneuver requires freedom to try new things and courage of our leadership to let our young soldiers define new power, protection and tactics. |
