Deployment
ATLAS (Autonomous Tactical Light Armour System) at United Kingdom
BAE Systems Australia ~11-ton 8x8 wheeled armed unmanned ground vehicle with a 25mm Bushmaster cannon and modular payloads (mortar, ATGM, loitering munitions, SHORAD); unveiled at Land Forces 2024, VANTAGE auto-turret live-fired June 2025. No production contract yet.
ATLAS (Autonomous Tactical Light Armour System) by BAE Systems · Catalog entry · 5 sources · not yet field-verified
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Key facts
- UK trial status
- Trials with UK MoD under RCV programme
- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 5 sources · not yet field-verified
- Last updated
- 2026-06-07
- Model
- ATLAS (Autonomous Tactical Light Armour System)
- Company
- BAE Systems
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Status
- pilot
- First seen
- 2023-09-01
- ID
640f244f-4027-49ce-b006-9e163da63db6
Sources (5)
- https://www.baesystems.com/en-us/product/atlas
- https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-mod-tests-atlas-ugv
- https://www.gov.uk/government/news/5t-uncrewed-ground-vehicles-gives-glimpse-of-future-battlefield
- https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/industry/14731-atlas-ccv-unveiled-by-bae-systems-australia-at-the-land-forces-2024
- https://www.c4isrnet.com/global/asia-pacific/2024/09/23/bae-systems-pitches-ground-robot-to-drone-hungry-australian-army/
Methodology: Verified · 5 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-07
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-06-07
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: pilot
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: defense_ugv
Sources by quality tier
- 5
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
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Methodology surface for ATLAS (Autonomous Tactical Light Armour System) at United Kingdom.Common questions
- What is the ATLAS (Autonomous Tactical Light Armour System) deployment at United Kingdom?
- ATLAS (Autonomous Tactical Light Armour System), built by BAE Systems, is recorded as a deployment at United Kingdom on the DEPLOY registry. BAE Systems operates the deployment directly.
- Who operates ATLAS (Autonomous Tactical Light Armour System) at United Kingdom?
- BAE Systems, the manufacturer of ATLAS (Autonomous Tactical Light Armour System), operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
- When did the ATLAS (Autonomous Tactical Light Armour System) deployment at United Kingdom go live?
- The deployment is recorded as starting September 1, 2023 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
- Have there been incidents at the ATLAS (Autonomous Tactical Light Armour System) deployment at United Kingdom?
- No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.
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