Intelligent truck does everything.

• Author: Williams, Robert H.
• Position: Tech Talk - Brief Article

Smartruck III, built by the U.S. Army in partnership with International Truck and Engine Company, is a multifunctional platform with advanced communications that is designed to negotiate the tactical arena and handle an array of homeland security tasks.

Intended to detect bio-hazards before they cause injury, the vehicle has systems that can defeat hostile forces in total darkness and, for good measure, it is able knock out incoming missiles.

Dennis J. Wend, director of the National Automotive Center, an organization that serves as the Army's conduit for developing collaborative technologies with commercial and...