Doing more with less' has always been the signature of the military man and is especially true of Air Force weapons handlers. However, as the military drawdown continues, the phrase takes on new meaning and becomes an unmistakable way of life for many. Unfortunately, all the resourcefulness in the world cannot overcome some obstacles, forcing a review of utility and mission effectiveness. How can we continue to reduce our resources and still meet our requirements? This daper documents the efforts under way to create a new tool for high fidelity, dexterous, heavy payload manipulation tasks. The ultimate gals of the Next Generation Munitions Handler Advanced Technology Demonstrator is the identification and itnegration of the enabling technologies necessary to produce a system that reduces weapon loading times and operator workload while addressing mobility requirements.
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