Top 16 Military Unmanned Ground Vehicle startups

Updated: Feb 08, 2026
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These companies and startups focus on creating UGVs for reconnaissance, surveillance, logistics support and combat.
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Forterra
Country: USA | Funding: $699.3M
Forterra is developing TerraLink, an intelligent military mission management system that coordinates UGV and troop actions on the battlefield. The system features distributed control, dynamic routing, and real-time response. Based on TerraLink, the company aims to create an open, modular ecosystem for integrating various equipment and vehicles into a single network. The company is also developing AutoDrive, own autopilot for UGVs that manages dynamic driving tasks in real time in tactical environments. This hardware-software system implements localization, perception, behavior generation and wire-based vehicle control functions for performing complex missions.
2
Overland AI
Country: USA | Funding: $142M
Overland AI develops autonomous navigation systems for UGVs and manufactures its own land system vehicles. The OverDrive AI autopilot is specifically designed for natural military conditions. It perceives terrain using active and passive onboard sensors in challenging conditions such as rain, fog and nighttime. With the OverWatch C2 system, operators can manage, control and coordinate these systems remotely, one-to-many. The SPARK system allows the OverDrive autopilot to be installed on third-party platforms. And its own ULTRA platform is modular, easily disassembled and designed for operation beyond visual range in standoff conditions. It can be used for reconnaissance, logistics and combat missions. Overland AI, in partnership with DARPA, provides autonomous ground vehicle technologies to the US military.
3
AeroVironment
Country: USA | Funding: $1.7B
AeroVironment designs, develops, produces, and supports a portfolio of unmanned aircraft systems supplied to organizations and defense.
4
Applied Intuition
Country: USA | Funding: $1.5B
Applied Intuition develops autonomous vehicles like tanks and other large machinery for US Army.
5
Rheinmetall
Country: Germany | Funding: $1.1B
Rheinmetall manufactures battle tanks (Leopard, Panther), unmanned ground vehicles, complex air defence systems, advanced military surveillance systems.
6
Kodiak Robotics
Country: USA | Funding: $319.9M
Kodiak Robotics is developing autonomous technology that helps US Army automate future ground vehicles to conduct high-risk missions like reconnaissance and surveillance.
7
IAI
Country: Israel
Israel Aerospace Industries develops and manufactures military and commercial aerospace and defense systems.
8
Hanwha
Country: South Korea
Hanwha Defense provides total defense solutions ranging from artillery systems, armored vehicles, air defense and unmanned ground systems.
9
Roboteam
Country: USA | Funding: $62M
Roboteam is a provider of designs, develops, and manufactures unmanned platforms. It is a throwable robotic platform with detection and tactical surveillance capabilities.
10
Otokar
Country: Turkey
OTOKAR is a manufacturing company that offers military vehicles.
11
Scout AI
Country: USA | Funding: $15M
Scout AI Building the robotic foundation model for defense.
12
Temerland
Country: Ukraine
TEMERLAND develops unmanned robotic complexes and platforms, modernize vehicles into unmanned ground complexes.
13
Roboneers
Country: Ukraine
Roboneers is a developer of unmanned robotic systems for the military sector. It offers Ironclad, an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) designed to solve combat tasks
14
Milrem Robotics
Country: Estonia
Milrem Robotics is an Estonian company specialising in the manufacture of unmanned ground vehicles.
15
Swarmbotics AI
Country: USA
Ground swarm robotics for industry and defense.
16
UkrPrototype
Country: Ukraine
UkrPrototyp is a team of talented and purposeful specialists engaged in the development of unique vehicles that can be used for many tasks
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