ULTRA product profile
ULTRA is Overland AI autonomous uncrewed ground vehicle for battlefield operations, modular and designed for contested off-road environments.
Facts
- Company: Overland AI
- Product type: UGV
- Status: commercial
- Capability focus: Generalist
- Website: https://www.overland.ai/ultra
Profile sections
- Summary
- Overview
- Market context
- Audience
- Workflow
- Capability
- Deployment environment
- Positioning tags
- Specifications
- Tags
- Timeline / Research
- Comparable Systems
- Sources
Summary
ULTRA is Overland AI autonomous uncrewed ground vehicle for battlefield operations, modular and designed for contested off-road environments.
Overview
ULTRA is Overland AI autonomous uncrewed ground vehicle for battlefield operations, modular and designed for contested off-road environments.
Market context
Fully autonomous tactical vehicle built in-house for battlefield ground operations.
- Target environment: Off-road terrain, defence field areas, remote routes and unstructured outdoor environments.
- Workflow context: Off-road autonomy, ground mobility, remote supervision, route traversal and field sensing.
- Deployment model: Autonomous UGV operated for field mobility, reconnaissance and payload movement.
- Commercial maturity: Public Overland AI product for autonomous ground operations.
- Adoption constraints: Requires terrain validation, communications planning, payload integration, safety testing and operator training.
- Market position: Off-road autonomy vehicle focused on rugged ground movement in environments without prepared roads.
- Adjacent products: Autonomous UGV for rugged terrain, field autonomy and defence mobility workflows.
Workflow
Off-road autonomy, ground mobility, remote supervision, route traversal and field sensing.
Deployment environment
Off-road terrain, defence field areas, remote routes and unstructured outdoor environments.
Positioning tags
- Audience: Defense
- Workflow: Off-road autonomy, ground mobility, remote supervision, route traversal and field sensing.
- Capability: generalist
- Deployment environment: Off-road terrain, defence field areas, remote routes and unstructured outdoor environments.
Specifications
- Payload Roles: Reconnaissance (airborne ISR), logistics, protection (counter-UAS), open-ended missions
- Commercial Status: In production
- Design Focus: Modular, attritable, reduced human risk in hostile environments
- Mobility: Steep approach and departure angles, extreme off-road mobility
- Primary Capability: Autonomous off-road tactical operations
- Locomotion: Off-road 4x4, large tires with long-travel suspension
- Operational Environment: Contested environments, mud/sand/snow/brush, all-weather, beyond line of sight
- Configuration: Modular flat deck with L-track mounting, vertical hitch receivers, shackles, side rails
Tags
- Peer Group: Defence ground robot
- Workflow: Ground defence operations
- Capability: Remote operation
- Deployment Environment: Defence operational environment
- Stack Layer: Finished robot platform
- Commercial Stage: Commercial product
Timeline / Research
- 2026-05-14 - Demonstration - Overland AI demonstrates ULTRA combat capabilities during African Lion 2026 - The exercise ran April 20 through May 8 at the Cap Draa Training Area during U.S. Africa Command’s largest annua…
- 2026-02-03 - Funding - Overland AI raises $100M to scale ground autonomy with U.S. Armed Forces - Overland AI announced $100M in new funding to scale operations with end users across the U.S. Armed Forces.
- 2025-04-14 - Product Launch - Overland AI unveils ULTRA, a fully autonomous tactical vehicle for ground operations - Overland AI launched ULTRA as its fully autonomous tactical vehicle built around OverDrive, SPARK, and…
- 2025-03-27 - Demonstration - Overland AI showcases its fully autonomous tactical vehicle at an Army Applications Lab demo - Overland AI demonstrated its fully autonomous tactical vehicle at an Army Applications Lab expe…
Comparable Systems
- MRCV - Milrem Robotics - UGV
- Duma - Terra Industries - UGV
- THeMIS - Milrem Robotics - UGV
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