Two white SUVs speed down a desert road. Jets scream overhead, targeting and firing at the vehicles not bombs or missiles, but lasers that the SUVs detect as hits. At the end of a twenty mile stretch, the SUVs turn around and drive the road again, over and over. It's a hot day, but the driver of the SUVs doesn't feel it. He's sitting in an office 40 miles away.

Target practice has long been part of military training. As weapons systems improve, the targets should improve. A semi-autonomous target vehicle provides a moving target that can be integrated into battle simulations or run by itself. Operators are kept at a safe distance, and target paths are repeatable with inhuman accuracy.

The operator of the SUV target vehicles uses Mobius to keep the vehicles running safely. A leader/follower task allows two vehicles to share the same path safely. The follower vehicle automatically maintains a safe distance from the leader, and the operator only has to plan one path for both vehicles.

The operator can make a collection of paths for different scenarios, and quickly call up saved missions for one or both vehicles. To create paths, the operator can drive or teleoperate a vehicle and record the route for later use.

These targets are normal SUVs, and can drive autonomously at up to 50mph. They are designed as targets for jets. For small arms fire, an armored pickup truck, moving much more slowly, scores hits from plastic bullets, then shuts down and spews smoke.