In April, the Kamaz
truck maker held successful trials of self-driving trucks in the Polar region,
according to the head of the Khrulyov Military Logistics Academy.
MOSCOW, July 10.
/TASS/. Russia’s Defense Ministry prioritizes using self-driving vehicles in
the Arctic, the Extreme North and the Far East, Head of the Army General
Khrulyov Military Logistics Academy Lieutenant-General Andrei Toporov said on
Friday.
In April, the Kamaz
truck maker held successful trials of self-driving trucks in the Polar region,
during which control posts were also tested, the general said in an interview
with the Defense Ministry’s Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper.
"Following the
tests, Deputy Defense Minister Army General Dmitry Bulgakov defined this area
of developing military motor vehicles as the most promising and priority
activity for the Arctic and also for the regions of the Extreme North or the
Far East with harsh climatic and rough road conditions," he said.
Source: ITAR-TASS
10-07-2020
