The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Rheinmetall: 2 models, 14 deployments across 6 regions. 1 source back the record.
CategoryDefense UGV
Overview
Rheinmetall is a Dusseldorf-based German defense and automotive group developing the Mission Master family of Autonomous Uncrewed Ground Systems (A-UGS). The Mission Master SP is a fully electric, compact UGV designed for forward and last-mile resupply, casualty evacuation, and reconnaissance missions. Rheinmetall was awarded a multimillion-dollar contract by the Japanese Ministry of Defence to supply a fleet of autonomous UGVs, and the Mission Master is in active use with military forces.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 14 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Focus
Robot
Products
Division
Product
Japan contract
Type
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (2)
View all models →Current platform
Rheinmetall Lynx
Rheinmetall Lynx infantry fighting vehicle with autonomous capabilities.
Current platform
Mission Master SP
All-electric autonomous all-terrain UGV (cargo/surveillance/casualty-evac/fires); procured under the UK Robotic Platoon Vehicles program and selected for Japan JGSDF trials.
Partnerships
Every company Rheinmetall has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Anduril Industries1× joint9 total
- 2Kraken Technology Group1× joint3 total
- 3Leonardo1× joint3 total
- 4Lockheed Martin1× joint5 total
Most recent
- Kraken x Rheinmetall2026-07-01with Kraken Technology Groupjust announced
Rheinmetall on the deployment map
View the global map14 verified deployments across 6 regions, newest verified Nov 2025. Explore where Rheinmetall's robots are operating, by place and type.
- pilotMission Master SP at Troia and Sesimbra, Portugal →Western Europe · verified Nov 2025
- pilotMission Master SP at Portugal →Western Europe · verified Nov 2025
- announcedMission Master SP at London, United Kingdom →Western Europe · verified Sep 2025
- pilotMission Master SP at Japan →East Asia · verified Jan 2025
- operationalMission Master SP at Canada →North America · verified Jun 2024
- operationalMission Master SP at United Kingdom →Western Europe · verified Jun 2024
- pilotMission Master SP at Fort Clinton, Ohio, USA →Ohio · verified Feb 2024
- pilotMission Master SP at Germany →Western Europe · verified Jan 2024
- pilotMission Master SP at Twentynine Palms, California, USA →California, USA · verified Oct 2023
- operationalMission Master SP at Estonia →Western Europe · verified Jul 2023
- pilotMission Master SP at Queensland, Australia →Queensland · verified Jul 2023
- operationalMission Master SP at Sweden →Western Europe · verified Apr 2022
View the full Rheinmetall deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Armin Papperger CEO & Chairman of the Executive BoardIR-verified
Founders (1)
- Heinrich Ehrhardtsoleno longer at company
Former / Previously (1)
- Heinrich Ehrhardt Founder / Establishing Engineersecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Rheinmetall.
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)
- Rheinmetall14 deployments
Recent coverage
Rheinmetall in third-party press
Peers
19 peers across 1 segment. Every Rheinmetall competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
ugv(19)
12 companies in this segment · competitive (HHI 0)
- BAE Systemsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Elbit Systemsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- General Dynamics Land Systemsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- HDT Globaldirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Hanwha Aerospacedirect competitor(inferred)strong
- LEO Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
Mentioned on (14)
Registry pages whose text names Rheinmetall.
Companies (4)
Kraken Technology Group, Auterion, Dominion Dynamics, ERC System
Robots and products (3)
Deployments (5)
Mission Master SP at London, United Kingdom, Mission Master SP at Japan, Mission Master SP at United Kingdom, Mission Master SP at Troia and Sesimbra, Portugal, Mission Master SP at Portugal
People (2)
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_disclosed
- Revenue disclosed
- $10830000000 (private_disclosed)
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- 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
4 total · 3 operating · 1 just announced
Every company Rheinmetall has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Kraken x Rheinmetall2026-07-01with Kraken Technology Groupjust announced
Most-frequent partners
- 1Anduril Industries1× joint9 total
- 2Kraken Technology Group1× joint3 total
- 3Leonardo1× joint3 total
- 4Lockheed Martin1× joint5 total
All 4 partnerships
open in the atlas →- development—operating
- joint venture—operating
- development—operating
- manufacturing2026-07-01just announced
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 5, 2026
Rheinmetall Mission Master SP live-fire demo
- Record createdJun 5, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedNov 18, 2025
Mission Master SP at Portugal
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedNov 18, 2025
Mission Master SP at Troia and Sesimbra, Portugal
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedSep 9, 2025
Mission Master SP at London, United Kingdom
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 Rheinmetall.Peer companies
- Teledyne FLIR4 models
- BAE Systems3 models
- Elbit Systems3 models
- Lockheed Martin3 models
- Milrem Robotics3 models
- Quantum Systems3 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Rheinmetall from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Rheinmetall to take over the Mangalia shipyard in Romania
Rheinmetall and the Swiss shipping company MSC intend to acquire the Romanian Mangalia shipyard, located south of Constanța. They have … mehr... The post Rheinmetall to take over…
Rheinmetall to take over the Mangalia shipyard in Romania
Rheinmetall and MSC acquire Romania’s Mangalia shipyard for €138M to establish a dual-use hub for civil and military naval shipbuilding in South-Eastern Europe. Rheinmteall press…
Britain’s new Challenger 3 tank passes 2,000 km in trials
The British Army’s new Challenger 3 tank has now driven 2,000 km (1,240 miles) and fired more than 200 main gun rounds in testing, and it is set to start a tougher phase of trials…
New human-machine interface will help Boxer punch above its weight
An Australian startup has teamed with Rheinmetall to enable soldiers to direct nearby drones with voice commands from aboard Boxer vehicles.
The Lynx XM30 is making its case to be the US Army’s Bradley replacement
American Rheinmetall announced the delivery of its Lynx XM30 prototype to the Army in September. A month later, soldiers are getting their hands on it.
Uncrewed truck with anti-drone laser shown at AUSA
An uncrewed hybrid truck built by California’s Harbinger is powering a 30-kilowatt AeroVironment counter-drone laser at the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual meeting in…
American Rheinmetall Brings Combat Vehicles, Autonomous Systems and Air Defense Portfolio to AUSA 2026
At its Washington exhibit, the company highlights Lynx XM30 prototypes, HX autonomy, Skyranger 30, unmanned platforms and advanced munitions alongside two XM30 discussion panels.…
American Rheinmetall says it will not exhibit Lynx XM30 infantry fighting vehicle at AUSA 2026
The Lynx XM30 has a modular design, an open architecture and a hybrid-electric powertrain, which the company says is a first.
German defence group Rheinmetall doubles credit line to €1.5 billion ahead of expected growth
Rheinmetall has doubled its syndicated credit line to €1.5 billion from €750 million. The German defence company renewed the facility ahead of schedule.
Rheinmetall and Praetorian deliver AERIE counter-drone prototype
Rheinmetall and Praetorian Aeronautics have delivered a prototype of the Autonomous-Engagement-Rapid-Interceptor-Effector, a containerised counter-uncrewed aircraft system…
Rheinmetall and Praetorian build containerised drone defence prototype in 12 months
Rheinmetall and Australia’s Praetorian Aeronautics have developed a containerised counter-drone prototype, taking it from concept to demonstrator in 12 months.
Rheinmetall and Praetorian Aeronautics deliver containerised AERIE Counter-Uncrewed Aircraft System
Rheinmetall, as a global integrated technology group with specialist air defence capabilities, has partnered with Australian company Praetorian Aeronautics to … mehr... The post…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/rheinmetall.md
- RSS feed: /companies/rheinmetall/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/adcdaf4f-106e-4838-ae3e-5be8ae8d5836
- Revision history: /companies/rheinmetall/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Teledyne FLIR4 models
- BAE Systems3 models
- Elbit Systems3 models
- Lockheed Martin3 models
- Milrem Robotics3 models
- Quantum Systems3 models
Video
American Rheinmetall released new video footage showing its XM30 infantry fighting vehicle concept for the U.S. Army program. American Rheinmetall says the XM30 uses AI and automation developed with Anduril Industries to
Germany will buy 23 Rheinmetall Bergepanzer 3 A2 Büffel armoured recovery vehicles to restore a recovery capability weakened by earlier transfers to Ukraine, Rh
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
Rheinmetall draws attention at the 89th percentile but verifies reality at the 86th percentile among defense_ugv robots. Hype Gap +3.2, 13th widest among defense_ugv robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 14 verified deployments. Strong deployment footprint with 6 operational sites across 14 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.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 19, 2026