The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies General Dynamics Land Systems: 2 models, 16 deployments across 10 regions. 1 source back the record.
CategoryDefense UGV
Overview
General Dynamics Land Systems is a defense contractor based in Sterling Heights, Michigan, developing unmanned ground vehicles for the U.S. military. Its MUTT (Multi-Utility Tactical Transport) was selected by the U.S. Army for the S-MET program, and the TRX is a 10-ton tracked robotic combat vehicle.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 16 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Focus
Parent
Key products
U.S. Army program
TRX capability
Parent company
Key program
S-MET contract
Autonomous partnerships
Contracts
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (2)
View all models →Current platform
TRX
10-ton tracked modular robotic platform; two prototypes delivered to the US Army (Oct 2024) for the Robotic Combat Vehicle competition.
Current platform
MUTT (S-MET)
Wheeled modular UGV selected for the US Army Small Multipurpose Equipment Transport (S-MET) program of record; logistics/payload transport, with counter-drone and armed variants.
Partnerships
Every company General Dynamics Land Systems has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Epirus1× joint2 total
- 2Kodiak AI1× joint7 total
- 3Kodiak Robotics1× joint6 total
Most recent
General Dynamics Land Systems on the deployment map
View the global map16 verified deployments across 10 regions, newest verified Dec 2025. Explore where General Dynamics Land Systems's robots are operating, by place and type.
- pilotMUTT (S-MET) at Hawaii, USA →Hawaii, USA · verified Dec 2025
- pilotMUTT (S-MET) at Hawaii, USA →Pacific · verified Dec 2025
- pilotMUTT (S-MET) at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, USA →Pacific · verified Nov 2025
- announcedTRX at Washington, D.C., USA →West Coast · verified Oct 2025
- pilotTRX at Fort Moore, Georgia, USA →Georgia · verified Oct 2024
- pilotTRX at United States →United States · verified Oct 2024
- announcedTRX at USA →Maine · verified Aug 2024
- operationalMUTT (S-MET) at United States →Maine · verified Jan 2024
- operationalMUTT (S-MET) at Fort Stewart, Georgia, USA →Southeast · verified Nov 2022
- pilotTRX at Fort Hood, Texas →Southwest · verified Jun 2022
- operationalMUTT (S-MET) at Fort Riley, Kansas, USA →Midwest · verified Jan 2022
- pilotTRX at Fort Benning, Georgia, USA →Southeast · verified Feb 2021
View the full General Dynamics Land Systems deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Dave Paddock Presidentsecondary-verified
- Gordon Stein VP and GM, US Operationssecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for General Dynamics Land Systems.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- General Dynamics Land Systems16 deployments
Recent coverage
General Dynamics Land Systems in third-party press
Peers
19 peers across 1 segment. Every General Dynamics Land Systems competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
ugv(19)
12 companies in this segment · competitive (HHI 0)
- Elbit Systemsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- HDT Globaldirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Hanwha Aerospacedirect competitor(inferred)strong
- LEO Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Milrem Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- QinetiQdirect competitor(inferred)strong
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- sec_10k
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
3 total · 3 just announced
Every company General Dynamics Land Systems has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1Epirus1× joint2 total
- 2Kodiak AI1× joint7 total
- 3Kodiak Robotics1× joint6 total
All 3 partnerships
open in the atlas →- technology—just announced
- technology—just announced
- technology—just announced
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 5, 2026
GDLS TRX Robotic Combat Vehicle
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 5, 2026
GDLS MUTT (S-MET) mobility
- Record createdJun 5, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedDec 1, 2025
MUTT (S-MET) at Hawaii, USA
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedDec 1, 2025
MUTT (S-MET) at Hawaii, USA
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for General Dynamics Land Systems.Peer companies
- Teledyne FLIR4 models
- BAE Systems3 models
- Elbit Systems3 models
- Milrem Robotics3 models
- Quantum Systems3 models
- Roboteam3 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning General Dynamics Land Systems from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
New team joins competition for UK’s Land Rover replacement program
General Dynamics Land Systems has teamed up with Ford Motor Company and Ricardo to compete for the UK Ministry of Defence’s Light Mobility Vehicle program, the companies…
New photo shows Wolf XM30 hidden under tarp
General Dynamics Land Systems released the first publicly available photo of its Wolf XM30 prototype in transit this week, showing the vehicle wrapped entirely in a black tarp and…
General Dynamics Land Systems Delivers First Wolf XM30 Prototype Vehicle to U.S. Army
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. – General Dynamics Land Systems delivered its first Wolf XM30 mechanized infantry combat vehicle prototype to the U.S. Army on August 21 at Aberdeen…
Competing Bradley Fighting Vehicle Replacement Prototypes Delivered To The U.S. Army (Updated)
American Rheinmetall and General Dynamics Land Systems are facing off to supply the Army's future XM30 Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle. The post Competing Bradley Fighting…
Rheinmetall delivers first Lynx XM30 prototype to U.S. Army
American Rheinmetall delivered the first of eight Lynx XM30 prototypes to the U.S. Army, the company said, entering the vehicle into government-led developmental and performance…
GDLS delivers first XM30 Wolf vehicle to U.S. Army
General Dynamics Land Systems delivered its XM30 Wolf infantry fighting vehicle to the U.S. Army at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, last Friday, according to a post by Geoffrey…
Michigan becomes hub for the U.S. Army’s next combat vehicle
The U.S. Army is preparing to select a new infantry fighting vehicle that will replace the Bradley after more than 40 years in service and serve as the backbone of the Army’s…
General Dynamics wins new Stryker sustainment contract
The U.S. Army awarded General Dynamics Land Systems a $54,281,616 contract to provide sustainment support for the Stryker vehicle fleet, the Department of War announced August 24.…
General Dynamics Land Systems completes Michigan headquarters overhaul for nearly 2,000 workers supporting Abrams and Stryker
General Dynamics Land Systems has completed a multiyear, multimillion-dollar modernization of its headquarters in Sterling Heights, Michigan.
Canada orders more RS4 weapon systems for ACSV fleet
Kongsberg has signed a contract worth NOK 1.1 billion, about $118.4 million, to supply additional PROTECTOR RS4 Remote Weapon Systems to General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada for…
Kongsberg lands $118m RS4 weapon systems deal for Canada’s ACSVs
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (Kongsberg) has finalised an agreement with General Dynamics Land Systems–Canada (GDLS-Canada) worth Nkr1.1bn ($117.8m) for the supply of Protector…
General Dynamics Land Systems Cuts Ribbon on Modernized Headquarters
In the largest defense programs, the stakes are no longer limited to the procurement of equipment. They also include the role of Polish industry in global supply chains. The…
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Peer companies
- Teledyne FLIR4 models
- BAE Systems3 models
- Elbit Systems3 models
- Milrem Robotics3 models
- Quantum Systems3 models
- Roboteam3 models
Video
The newest member of our family of Multi-Utility Tactical Transport robotic vehicles, the MUTT XM has built-in flexibility for a variety of combat, combat suppo
http://www.armyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9639 The MUTT was designed for forward-deployed, dismounted small units that can benefi
Today we will see how big is General Dynamics Company. General Dynamics Company is situated in more than 70 countries around the world including Canada, Mexico,
General Dynamics Land Systems' Tracked Robot 10-ton (TRX) delivers modular capability to maneuver formations through rapidly reconfigurable mission payloads.
Leonidas Autonomous Ground Vehicle, a collaboration between GDLS, Epirus and Kodiak AI, is a mobile, fully autonomous vehicle for counter-UAS, critical point de
General Dynamics Land Systems builds the combat vehicles and integrated technologies that give Soldiers a decisive advantage. We design, engineer and sustain ad
General Dynamics Land Systems' robotic tank named best new product at AUSA 2023
Heat Index
Serious56/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
General Dynamics Land Systems draws attention at the 95th percentile but verifies reality at the 92nd percentile among defense_ugv robots. Hype Gap +3.1, 15th widest among defense_ugv robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 16 verified deployments. Strong deployment footprint with 7 operational sites across 13 countries. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
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Last computed: Sep 4, 2026