Autonomous D6 Dozer Integration for Heavy Engineering Operations in Contested Environments

The U.S. Army's Sandhills Phase II ecosystem has expanded autonomous capability across an increasingly diverse fleet, including autonomous F250 vehicles, the SLICE 2.0 breaching payload, small unmanned aerial system (sUAS) colony units, and counter-UAS (cUAS) systems. However, heavy engineering equipment continues to require manned operators to perform breaching, terrain shaping, and airfield damage repair, missions that are physically demanding, time-critical, and often conducted in contested o...