Deployment
Forterra Lancer at United States (S-MET Increment II)
Autonomous ground vehicle based on Polaris off-road platform with custom sensor and computing system. Deployed in Ukraine combat zones for casualty evacuation and logistics missions.
Forterra Lancer by Forterra · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified · Defense UGV
Recent coverage
- The first American autonomous ground vehicles are fighting in UkraineTechCrunch – AI · 2026-07-07
- Driverless Tech Leader RRAI Rebrands as ForterraBen Smith, Deploy Editor · 2024-01-01
Forterra secured second U.S. Army Sandhills Prime Contract for autonomous breaching and terrain shaping operations. Delivering autonomous mission systems on Ford F-250 vehicles for autonomous zone-clearing and line-charging. Also secured ROGUE-Fires Block 2 production award with Oshkosh Defense for USMC.
Safety record
No incidents on record for Forterra Lancer at United States (S-MET Increment II).
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- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
- Last updated
- 2026-08-09
- Model
- Forterra Lancer
- Company
- Forterra
- Status
- operational
- First seen
- 2026-07-31
- ID
c119f12e-10ca-4a98-b7ce-f621eae90def
Timeline
- Jul 2026First recordedForterra Lancer first documented operating at United States (S-MET Increment II).
- Aug 2026Current status: operational, reviewedLatest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.
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Forterra Lancer operates in United States (S-MET Increment II). Explore the full verified map:
Sources (1)
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-09
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Verified
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Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-09
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: production
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: defense_ugv
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
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