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Army Aims To Begin Fielding First Autonomous Logistics Trucks In FY ‘27

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, February 26th, 2025

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Army Aims To Begin Fielding First Autonomous Logistics Trucks In FY ‘27

Carnegie Robotics' ATV-S prototype (Carnegie Robotics)

The Army is aiming to begin fielding its first autonomous heavy logistics trucks in fiscal year 2027, pending budget plans, officials detailed this week. Kyle Bruner, the Army’s project manager for projection, confirmed that self-driving technology startup Forterra and autonomous systems firm Carnegie Robotics were chosen this past fall to continue working on the Autonomous Transport Vehicle System (ATV-S) program and with the service planning to downselect to one vendor around the third quarter of FY ‘26. “This assumes successful…

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