Overland AI

Our work with Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the U.S. Army III Armored Corps' 36th Engineer Brigade has one goal: keeping Soldiers alive in missions that demand the most risk. At Fort Hood, our autonomous platforms executed breaching operations that traditionally expose engineers to direct fire. This technology removes risk from Soldiers while ensuring the mission is completed.

Last week, Overland AI put ground autonomy into the hands of Soldiers in the 82nd Airborne Division, U.S. Army's 3rd Brigade Combat Team for new equipment training on ULTRA, Overland's fully autonomous tactical vehicle. Soldiers were able to task ULTRA in both simulation and in the real-world, learning how the autonomous platform perceives terrain and responds to obstacles. This level of transparency is vital because trust comes from understanding exactly what the system will do when they send it downrange. Delivering training with operational units in real terrain is an integral part of how we learn what matters on the ground. As Soldiers gain experience tasking autonomous assets and their capability across different mission sets, their feedback informs how we refine our products to continually support their needs. Our goal is to enable warfighters to quickly learn how to operate autonomous systems and confidently deploy them in mission-critical scenarios. We're building toward a future where ground autonomy is intuitive, reliable, and ready when it counts.

We couldn't have said it better: Army Transformation is more than modernization. It's about protecting Soldiers. Overland AI completed a live-fire exercise with the 36th Engineer Brigade, integrating autonomous ground vehicles into breaching operations. Two Textron M5 vehicles navigated hazardous terrain to the breach point under smoke cover, deployed by coordinated uncrewed aerial systems. Engineers tasked the platforms to deploy Mine Clearing Line Charges (MICLIC) from a safe standoff distance. Breaching obstacle belts is among the most dangerous missions engineering brigades execute. Autonomous assets that can complete breaching missions reduces Soldier exposure while ensuring forces are able to clear paths under fire.

"Overland AI's fully autonomous tactical vehicles traverse unforgiving terrain, amplifying ground-power, replenishing equipment, and scouting hostile environments, all without risking human lives," wrote Retired Army Brigadier General John Adams in RealClearDefense, arguing that the Pentagon must make AI its strongest technological ally to win future conflicts. We deliver that capability today: OverDrive ground autonomy that goes where soldiers go, attritable and highly capable platforms like ULTRA, and the ability to upfit legacy vehicles with cutting-edge autonomy through SPARK. The technology to reduce warfighter risk in operationally relevant conditions exists now. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/d5D-BcyY

Overland AI was selected as a winner of the xTechOverwatch competition. ULTRA, our fully autonomous tactical vehicle, successfully demonstrated autonomous route clearance and overwatch throughout the event. The finals evaluation featured 40 finalists and over 600 initial applicants. Soldiers tasked ULTRA with autonomous maneuver to deploy a tethered UAS for ISR and smoke from the UGV for obscuration. Grateful to U.S. Army Transformation and Training Command and the evaluation team for promoting open competition and getting technology into the hands of warfighters.

On Veterans Day, we honor those who have served our nation — the Soldiers, Marines, Airmen, Sailors, and Guardians whose commitment defines our nation’s values and strength. At Overland AI, we build, test, and deploy autonomy with one goal in mind: giving those in uniform every possible advantage and bringing more of them home safely. Many of our teammates are veterans, and we carry their perspective in everything we do. Their experience ensures we build autonomy systems that perform when it matters most. Today and every day, that's the mission we continue to carry forward. Happy Veterans Day to those who bravely served and protected our nation. We thank you for your honorable service.

Secretary Pete Hegseth's announcement today signaled a decisive shift in how the United States Department of War delivers capability to the field. By prioritizing speed, accountability, and commercial competition, the new warfighting acquisition system places the focus where it belongs — on getting technology into the hands of warfighters more quickly. For companies like Overland AI, this change matters. We build mission-ready ground autonomy that’s tested in real terrain and proven in real operations. A faster, more agile acquisition framework means innovations like ours can reach the field sooner to build trust, support commanders, and strengthen deterrence, while protecting lives along the way. The Pentagon’s focus on outcomes over process is a welcome step toward ensuring our forces have what they need, when they need it.

"The reality is, combat vehicles especially will have to maneuver in terrain that is highly complex off road for tactical survivability reasons." - Dr. Stuart Young, DARPA autonomy program manager That's exactly what the 36th Engineering Brigade needs and why they are conducting exercises with the DARPA RACER Heavy Platform, piloted by Overland AI's OverDrive autonomy stack, to clear minefields using a M58 MICLIC in the MARS demonstration later this month. When engineers need to breach under fire, send the autonomous vehicle first. Read the Defense News coverage: https://lnkd.in/dd9XSkXn

We spent three days at AUSA talking to operators, program managers, integrators, and acquisition officers about ground autonomy. The demand signal couldn't be clearer: The Army needs ground autonomy that works where the mission is. Not on well-maintained surfaces or pre-mapped routes. In sand, vegetation, rubble, steep hills, mud, ditches, snow, and constrained terrain, where perception must adapt in real time and planning can't rely on external infrastructure. We heard time and time again that incumbent solutions create as many problems as they solve because they fail when conditions get hard. Our OverDrive autonomy stack was designed for exactly this: the perception, planning, and terrain reasoning that our forces need when there are no safe assumptions about the ground ahead. More customer demos and integration work rolling through Q4. If your platform needs to operate off-road under real conditions, let's talk.

“There’s an ongoing challenge in ground autonomy: how do we get these systems where they belong and into the hands of troops? How do we take the best version of the technology today and make sure it delivers real value in the field?” — Jon Fink, CTO, Overland AI At Overland AI, that’s the core of our mission. We build for the warfighter. That means fielding autonomy as it exists now, testing its limits, and pushing it past its breaking point. We iterate with end users, learn from every deployment, and deliver systems that perform where it counts. Thank you to our hosts and fellow panelists at Tectonic x Amazon Web Services (AWS): Alex M., Anduril Industries, Valinor, PDW