The verified answer
As of Oct 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
Backerssee investors →
Parent
Key products
U.S. Army program
TRX capability
Parent company
Key program
S-MET contract
Autonomous partnerships
Contracts
Financial stage
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× joint7 total
Most recent
- with Kodiak Roboticsjust announced
- with Kodiak AIjust announced
- General Dynamics Land Systems x Epirus2021-10-25with Epirusjust announced
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.
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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
Mentioned on (14)
Registry pages whose text names General Dynamics Land Systems.
Companies (1)
Deployments (10)
TRX at USA, MUTT (S-MET) at United States, MUTT (S-MET) at United States, TRX at United States, Leonidas HPM at United States, TRX at Fort Benning, Georgia, USA, MUTT (S-MET) at Fort Riley, Kansas, USA, TRX at Washington, D.C., USA, TRX at Fort Moore, Georgia, USA, MUTT (S-MET) at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, USA
People (3)
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
- with Kodiak Roboticsjust announced
- with Kodiak AIjust announced
- General Dynamics Land Systems x Epirus2021-10-25with Epirusjust announced
Most-frequent partners
- 1Epirus1× joint2 total
- 2Kodiak AI1× joint7 total
- 3Kodiak Robotics1× joint7 total
All 3 partnerships
open in the atlas →- technology2026-05-07just announced
- technology2026-03-24just announced
- technology2021-10-25just 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 2026-10-10
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-10
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
- ARX Robotics2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning General Dynamics Land Systems from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Slovenian firm arms drone killer systems with Gatling gun
Slovenian turret maker Valhalla Turrets is preparing a new version of its Skythunder air defense system armed with General Dynamics Land Systems’ 20 mm M197 Gatling gun and 70 mm…
General Dynamics showcases Wolf XM30, new counter-drone systems at AUSA
General Dynamics Land Systems is showcasing a 1/8 model of the Wolf XM30, the company’s candidate to replace the M2 Bradley at AUSA this week.
General Dynamics shows Wolf XM30 at AUSA 2026
General Dynamics Land Systems has brought its Wolf XM30 infantry fighting vehicle to the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual meeting in Washington, but only as a…
GDLS to bring natural language control to Abrams tanks and next-generation combat vehicles
General Dynamics Land Systems has signed a master teaming agreement with Primordial Labs to put natural language control into ground combat vehicles, so that crews can run…
General Dynamics Land Systems and Primordial Labs to Bring Natural Language Control to Ground Combat Vehicles
October 7, 2026 — General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), and Primordial Labs today announced a master teaming agreement to bring natural…
General Dynamics puts U.S. Army drone defense on a pickup
General Dynamics Land Systems will show a version of its M-SHORAD Increment 4 air defense system mounted on a Ford Ranger pickup truck at the Association of the U.S. Army annual…
General Dynamics Land Systems to showcase complete Wolf XM30 infantry fighting vehicle design as a scale model at AUSA 2026
The proposed Bradley replacement will headline the company’s exhibits at the October 12–14 event in Washington, D.C.
General Dynamics Business Units to Participate in AUSA 2026
RESTON, Va. – Four business units of General Dynamics will be among the exhibitors at the Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) annual meeting and exposition, scheduled for October…
U.S. Army reverses plan to end Stryker DVH A1 purchases with 20-vehicle order as service reshapes forces for Pacific operations
General Dynamics Land Systems has secured a $49.3 million U.S. Army contract modification for 20 additional Stryker Double V-Hull A1 vehicles.
ARX Robotics wants its land drones fighting alongside Britain’s Ajax vehicles
German defence startup ARX Robotics is working with General Dynamics Land Systems UK to integrate autonomous ground vehicles with the British Army’s Ajax fleet, creating robotic…
U.S. Army’s Bradley replacement race enters troop-testing phase with first XM30 prototypes from Rheinmetall and General Dynamics
The U.S. Army is preparing to put competing XM30 infantry fighting vehicles through operational testing after American Rheinmetall Vehicles and General Dynamics Land Systems…
British Army explores pairing Ajax with a robot scout
ARX Robotics UK and General Dynamics Land Systems-UK are launching a collaboration to explore turning the British Army’s Ajax armored vehicle into a command hub for robotic ground…
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- REST API: /v1/companies/7d67479a-a099-4697-bd4f-3459bf2e1925
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- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Teledyne FLIR4 models
- BAE Systems3 models
- Elbit Systems3 models
- Milrem Robotics3 models
- Quantum Systems3 models
- ARX Robotics2 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 92nd percentile but verifies reality at the 92nd percentile among defense_ugv robots. Hype Gap +0, 16th 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: Oct 19, 2026