I roto i ngā marama 16 ki te 18 e whai ake nei, ka tukuna e te AFCEC e 333 ngā karetao hangarau-teitei ki ngā rererangi EOD katoa o te Ope Taua Rererangi, e ai ki a Master Sgt. Justin Frewin, te kaiwhakahaere kaupapa taputapu EOD o te AFCEC. Ka whiwhi ia rererangi mahi, Kaitiaki me Rāhui i te 3-5 ngā karetao.

Ko te Man Transportable Robot System Increment II, MTRS II rānei, he pūnaha karetao rahi-waenga e whakahaerehia ana mai i tawhiti, e āhei ai ngā wae EOD ki te kite, ki te whakaū, ki te tautuhi me te whakakore i ngā patu pahū kāore anō kia pahū me ētahi atu tūponotanga mai i te tawhiti haumaru. Ka whakakapia e te MTRS II te Air Force Medium Sized Robot, AFMSR rānei, tekau tau te pakeke, ā, ka whakaratohia he wheako māmā ake, he ngāwari hoki ki te whakamahi, e ai ki tā Frewin.

I te 15 o Oketopa, i oti i te AFCEC te tuku tuatahi o ngā tuku kua whakaritea – e whā ngā karetao hou ki te 325 o ngā Rōpū Kaihanga Ā-Iwi me te toru ki te 823 o ngā Rōpū Whakatikatika Mahi Taumaha Ka taea te Whakatakoto Tere, Te Rōpū 1.

"I roto i ngā marama 16-18 e whai ake nei, e tumanako ana ia rerenga EOD ki te whiwhi i te 3-5 karetao hou me te akoranga Whakangungu Taputapu Whakahaere Hou," te kī a Frewin.

I roto i te rōpū tuatahi ki te whakaoti i te akoranga OPNET 16-hāora te roa ko Kaelob King, te Kairangi Matua o te 325th CES, i mea ia nā te ngāwari ki te whakamahi o te pūnaha hou ka tino whakarei ake i ngā āheinga EOD.

"He nui ake te whai hua o te kāmera hou," te kī a King. "He rite tā mātou kāmera whakamutunga ki te tirotiro i roto i tētahi mata pōuriuri, ki tēnei me ngā kāmera maha tae atu ki te 1080p me te whakanui whatu me te whakanui matihiko."

Haunga ngā tirohanga whatu kua whakapaitia, e koa ana hoki a King ki te ngāwari me te ngāwari o te pūnaha hou.

"Mā te āheinga ki te whakahou, ki te tuhi anō rānei i te pūmanawa, ka taea e te Ope Taua Rererangi te whakawhānui ake i ō mātou āheinga ā muri ake nei mā te tāpiri i ngā taputapu, ngā pūoko me ētahi atu tāpiritanga, engari ko te tauira tawhito i hiahiatia he whakahoutanga taputapu," te kī a King. "I roto i tā mātou mara, he mea tino pai te whai i tētahi karetao ngāwari, motuhake."

"Ka whakaratohia hoki e ngā taputapu hou he painga whakataetae ki te mara mahi EOD," te kī a te Tumuaki Sgt. Van Hood, te kaiwhakahaere mara mahi EOD.

"Ko te mea nui rawa atu e whakaratohia ana e ēnei karetao hou mō te CE ko te kaha tiaki ope taua kua whakarei ake hei tiaki i te tangata me ngā rauemi mai i ngā aituā e pā ana ki ngā pahūtanga, hei whakahohe i te mana o te rangi, hei tīmata anō hoki i ngā mahi misioni o te turanga rangi," te kī a te rangatira. "Ko ngā kāmera, ko ngā mana whakahaere, ko ngā pūnaha whakawhitiwhiti kōrero - ka taea e mātou te whakauru atu i te maha atu ki roto i tētahi kete iti ake, ā, ka taea e mātou te noho haumaru ake, te whai hua ake hoki."

Haunga te hokonga mai o te MTRS II e $43 miriona, kei te whakamahere hoki a AFCEC ki te whakaoti i tētahi hokonga nui o te karetao i ngā marama e haere ake nei hei whakakapi i te Remotec F6A kua tawhito.