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AM General Eyes Prototype In Mid-2026 To Help Inform Army’s M-MET Ground Robot Concept

AM General Eyes Prototype In Mid-2026 To Help Inform Army’s M-MET Ground Robot Concept
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. David Marko, a Cavalry Scout assigned to the Reconnaissance and Strike Co., 2nd Light Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division prepares the Squad Multipurpose Equipment Transport (SMET) for movement during the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 25-01 (JPMRC), at Dillingham Airfield, Oahu, Hawaii, Oct. 7, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Abreanna Goodrich)

AM General has said it could have a prototype ready in mid-2026 for the concept it’s developing with Textron Systems [TXT] and Carnegie Robotics for the Army’s potential Medium Modular Equipment Transport (M-MET) ground robot requirement .  “We’re well on our way to that,” John Chadbourne, AM General’s head of business development, told Defense Daily in a recent interview. “We are in line with whatever the requirements are for what we’re getting out of the program office. But as far…

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