How quickly can ordinary people develop the design and body structure of an army multi-purpose vehicle? This question was the goal of the Experimental Crowd-derived Combat-support Vehicle Design Challenge (XC2V), which was held in February-March of this year by the Pentagon's DARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency).
The competition started on February 3rd. More than 150 works were sent to participate in the competition. The submitted works were thoroughly examined by a qualified jury, which determined and announced the winners of the competition.
The main task of the XC2V was to develop a body design for army vehicles that could be used in the following areas:
the first is for conducting combat and reconnaissance operations;
the second is for supply, transportation and evacuation. In addition, the competition focused on some of the key future design issues. Thus, the jury drew attention to the modularity of the design, the optimal use and location of navigation and auxiliary equipment, the increase in viewing angles from the cockpit, the ease of getting into and out of the vehicle.
On March 10, the jury's voting was completed, during which the winners of the thematic competition were determined. One of the features of the competition was that the project that won the first place will begin to be embodied in a working car model.
The first place in the competition was taken by the FLYPMODE project (photo above) by the American Victor Garcia. Describing his project, the author pointed out that FLYPMODE can change depending on the current situation and move from the function of attack to protection and transportation of goods in just a few minutes. The car can carry up to six people. The winner, in addition to the received remuneration in the amount of $ 7,500, will be attracted for the practical implementation of his project.
The second place, with a prize of 1,500 dollars, was taken by American Mark Senger with his KRATOS project.
In third place is the Sentinel project, which was developed by the Frenchman Romain Shareir. This participant received an award of US $ 1,000.
Of course, in addition to the projects that became the winners of XC2V, there were projects that, in our opinion, are no less interesting and with which you can familiarize yourself with the photos below.
Project "Comrade"
Project "BL-Aide"
Project "Caracal"
Battle Box project
Project "Fury"
Project "Good Shepard"
Project "Lm Ninja"
Project "Titan"
