Tel Aviv: Israeli company Plasan is currently in negotiations with potential customers for its Modular Multi-Mission electric platform, ATeMM. The wars in Ukraine and Israel have enhanced the interest in this unique system. The system is already used in Israel and in some foreign countries.
According to Gilad Ariav, VP- marketing and business development at Plasan and Nati Atias, senior director of the company, the All-Terrain Electric Mission Module (ATeMM) is a modular, configurable, and versatile electrically powered platform.
ATeMM can seamlessly connect to a leading vehicle, transforming a 4×4 vehicle into synchronised 6×6 platform with enhanced power, improved mobility and additional 1.0T payload.
”In its tandem configuration, disconnected from the lead vehicle, the ATeMM can transition into a robotic platform and operate remotely or autonomously, providing double the power and payload,” Ariav said.
He added that even though its top cover can support a large payload, the ATeMM is not a straightforward trailer but rather a connected and synchronised controlled electrically driven platform. Any pickup truck or tactical vehicle can be readily connected to it using a special, patented “3-point fast connection” that allows the vehicle and ATeMM to function as a 6×6 synchronised vehicle.
According to Atias, the ATeMM can be converted in Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) and is available in two configurations including a single axle trailing vehicle w/ a 37kWh Lithium-Ion battery pack, a 190hp electric motor, generating 760 ft-lb torque with 2,500 lbs of user-defined payload or a double axle Robotically Controlled Battery Electric Vehicle with 5,000 lbs of user-defined payload available.
The Israeli company also offers a version dubbed ATeMM-T, which consists of two ATeMMs linked together providing a standalone 4×4 Robotic Autonomous Ready All-Terrain Electric Vehicle with 5,000 lbs (2,268 kg) of mission payload capacity and powered by a 74kWh battery pack.
In this case, the front vehicle is fitted with a remotely operated weapon system armed with an automatic cannon and machine gun while the rear vehicle carries the power and battery systems.
-The writer is an Israel-based freelance journalist. The views expressed are of the writer and do not necessarily reflect the views of Raksha Anirveda
