*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Soldiers from the Missouri National Guard's 1138th Engineer Company practice a mine clearing line charge, commonly known as a ...

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Amidst today’s modern battlefield, most people would only think of Soldiers swinging grappling hooks and probing the ground as historical accounts of mine-clearing techniques.

RACER Heavy Platform (RHP) during RACER testing in April 2025. (DARPA) The U.S. Army is slated to begin its first integration of an unmanned ground vehicle, or UGV, produced by the Defense Advanced ...