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Forterra, Overland AI, Scout AI Nab Army Contracts For Autonomous Ground Vehicles

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, August 29th, 2025

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Forterra, Overland AI, Scout AI Nab Army Contracts For Autonomous Ground Vehicles

Oshkosk Corp.'s ROGUE Fires platform in production for the Marine Corps. Forterra provides a self-driving solution for the system. Photo: U.S. Defense Department

The Army last week said it awarded contracts to three companies to integrate their respective commercially-developed autonomy solutions into existing Infantry Support Vehicles with the aim of delivering prototypes to soldiers for demonstration and evaluation in May 2026. The combined value of the three 16-month contracts to Forterra, Overland AI, and Scout AI is about $15.5 million, the Army said on Aug. 27. The awards were made under the service’s Unmanned Systems Autonomous Maneuver Program. The demonstrations next year will…

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