The US Marine Corps has developed the ROGUE-Fires small MLRS with an AI system and full autonomy.

The Pentagon is increasing funding for programs that lead to the active deployment of unmanned and automated systems. One of these programs is focused on the automation of fire control systems for the Marine Corps.
For example, we are talking about the automation of the ROGUE-Fires ground installation - a fire weapon for expeditionary operations, as it is positioned in the United States.

The new capabilities of this system are provided by the implementation of the Kodiak Driver system, which incorporates artificial intelligence. It's worth noting that artificial intelligence is increasingly permeating not only military equipment manufacturing processes but also the weapons themselves.

The Kodiak Driver enables both autonomous driving and autonomous fire control. Essentially, ROGUE-Fires becomes a robot on wheels, controlling both movement and firing. rockets by goals.

The US Marine Corps claims that, after the implementation of the "autonomous" system, they expect this wheeled launcher (small MLRS) to speed up operations, including in extreme conditions—where the crew would otherwise be unable to operate it. The specific conditions are not specified. Experts believe it is quite possible that this system could be used in radioactively contaminated areas. However, there is no official confirmation yet.

However, there is an official text presentation of the automation system itself:

Kodiak Driver is a powerful dual-purpose system that uses AI to enhance combat readiness through scalable and adaptive applications.

The presentation specifically emphasizes that the system will automate the use of ROGUE-Fires in "mapless environments." This means the system will be able to automatically approach the target at the required distance, determine its coordinates, and then attack.

After the introduction of the Kodiak Driver, the cost of one ROGUE-Fires combat vehicle is estimated at $30 million.

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[faterdom]

MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System) does stand for multiple rocket launchers. Is a salvo of two missiles?
Owners of double-barreled guns call this shot a doublet.
So, it is more likely a twin rocket launcher than an MLRS.

[torbas41]

Perhaps these are not two missiles, but two replaceable cassettes.

[umah]

I think it's closer to a tactical missile system than to an MLRS.

[Andriuha077]

The US Army has announced plans to use the new Long Range Fires (LRF) mobile coastal missile system for the first time during the US-Philippine exercise Balikatan 2026.
The LRF system is mounted on the Oshkosh Defense JLTV ROGUE-Fires automated chassis. Its key component is the Mk 41 universal vertical launch system, designed to fire the Tomahawk sea-launched cruise missile.

The LRF was originally intended for the US Marine Corps and was even commissioned in 2023 at Camp Pendleton. However, by fiscal year 2026, the system was excluded from the budget due to limited maneuverability and tactical vulnerability, and was replaced by the NMESIS system with the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) anti-ship cruise missile.

The system is now being considered for the US Army. In this context, the LRF is positioned as a more mobile alternative to the heavy MRC Typhon system, which was deployed in the Philippines in 2024.

The US military emphasizes that the LRF is just the beginning.
The same base is planned for the integration of the PrSM operational-tactical missiles and the SM-6 universal missiles.
The PrSM (Precision Strike Missile) tactical ballistic missile has been developed by the American defense company Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control (MFC) since 2016.
The second modification of the PrSM Increment 2 ballistic missile is an anti-ship missile (LBASM) and is equipped with a multi-mode seeker with a launch range of up to 1000 km.
In addition to a high-explosive fragmentation or cluster warhead, promising modifications of the PrSM missile can be equipped with a penetrating warhead to disable fortifications.
The SM-6 Block IB missile is a modernized version of the medium-to-long-range anti-aircraft missile, capable of striking aerodynamic and ballistic targets at a distance of 240 km.

In fact, Washington is striving to build a universal mobile “missile block”.
The LRF remains a crude solution, which the US is trying to give a second wind to by shifting the focus from the Marine Corps to the ground forces.

The American company Oshkosh Defense is developing and improving the ROGUE-Fires advanced autonomous launcher. Specifically, the range of compatible munitions is gradually expanding to include missiles of various classes and types. Recently, the new combat vehicle was given the functionality of a multiple launch rocket system. It can now fire rockets from the MLRS and HIMARS systems.
https://topwar.ru/261936-kompleks-rogue-fires-smozhet-primenjat-rakety-mlrs-i-himars.html

[Andriuha077]

Now officially without a Ukrainian crew.

Soon, German RCH 155s will also be flying completely unmanned.

We need the same Coalitions, and we also need anti-aircraft guns for them.

[Foggy Dew]

Lol))) I love it when mattresses get shit))) VOLLEY fire from two barrels)))
PC, by the way, today is Aviation Day. We need to congratulate the mattress pilots with a picture of the fifth-generation supercar... Powerful!
https://theaviationgeekclub.com/that-time-an-f-22-pilot-was-trapped-for-5-hours-in-the-cockpit-of-his-raptor-after-canopy-jammed/
By the way, today it turned out that in honor of the holiday, mattresses were shipped to the Air Force—F-35s without radars, as they say, with ballast instead. ))) There's also news there.