Autonomous Truck Mounted Attenuator (ATMA)

Safety - Remove Drivers from "Crash Trucks"

Safety

Remove Drivers from “Crash Trucks”

Innovation - Bringing New Technology to Active Work Zones

Innovation

Bringing New Technology to Active Work Zones

Retrofit - Adapt Existing Fleets

Retrofit

Adapt Existing Fleets

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Autonomous Vehicle (AV) technologies are playing an increasingly important role in commercial and military applications. The military is currently deploying AV technologies to automate convoy and route clearance vehicles to reduce the number of Warfighters necessary to support these very dangerous yet critical missions. Removing the driver from a situation in which a vehicle might encounter danger provides a way to enhance safety and maximize efficiency. To that point, Kratos is taking a leadership position fielding Automated Maintenance Vehicle Technology with the Autonomous Truck Mounted Attenuator (ATMA) and the Remote Control Truck Mounted Attenuator (RCTMA). The ATMA, also known as the Autonomous Impact Protection Vehicle (AIPV) or the Intelligent Truck Mounted Attenuator (ITMA) is a driverless Truck Mounted Attenuator (TMA) deployed in a multi-vehicle Leader Follower Platoon configuration. The RCTMA is an automated TMA vehicle driven from a remotely located Control Console. Kratos is using leading-edge driverless technology available today to change the way we stay safe in the Work Zone.

  • Safety - Driverless technology eliminates the need for a human to sit behind the wheel of a mobile crash barrier.
  • Deployment - ATMA/AIPV/ITMA/RCTMA supports a broad scope of mobile maintenance operations to include striping, sweeping, mowing, crack sealing, patching, etc.
  • Retrofit - The technology is a “bolt-on” retrofit kit to convert existing fleet vehicles for driverless operation.
  • Training - A comprehensive training course is included to prepare your team for system deployment.
  • Personnel - Transition former TMA vehicle drivers to support other essential work zone tasks.

Autonomous Truck Mounted Attenuator

Driving a TMA vehicle is one of the most dangerous jobs in the work zone. There is a clear and immediate benefit to deploying driverless TMA vehicles to increase safety and maximize efficiency by removing the human-driver from behind the wheel of the vehicle designed to be hit. These vehicles are critical safety systems deployed in slow-moving highway maintenance operations, following behind highway maintenance vehicles as an unmanned mobile crash barrier absorbing the impact of traffic accidentally entering the work zone.

Partnerships that Save Lives

Over 50 different state and government agencies have been involved in the development of the ATMA and related systems. These systems have been recognized by State and Federal DOTs, Industry stakeholders, and work zone safety advocates as critical safety systems. Kratos has been working closely with these organizations to facilitate nationwide deployment scaling production to integrate driverless technology in mobile maintenance operations across the United States.

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Remote Control Truck Mounted Attenuator (RCTMA)

Remote Control Truck Mounted Attenuator (RCTMA)

Integrating the RCTMA as an alternative deployment configuration from Leader Follower Platooning adds versatility to support a broader scope of, not always routine, roadway maintenance operations to include mowing, weed spraying, and trash pickup. Like the ATMA, it is an ideal driverless system deployment because it offers a clearly defined objective, operates at slow speed (up to 20 mph), requires zero modification to existing infrastructure, operates in forward and reverse, and is easy to use.

Leading-Edge Technology

The RCTMA vehicle is driven by teleoperation from a remotely located Control Console through a wireless cellular network communications interface. Through the cellular network communications interface, a system operator at the Control Console manually drives the RCTMA vehicle using steering, brake, throttle, controls, a panoramic Point-Of-View (POV) video display, a GPS map/telemetry display and associated computers and wireless modem components.

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