Deployment
MUTT (S-MET) at United States (S-MET Increment II)
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.
MUTT (S-MET) by General Dynamics Land Systems · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified · Defense UGV
Recent coverage
- S-MET & MUTT - General Dynamics Land SystemsBen Smith, Deploy Editor · 2024-01-01
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- General Dynamics Land Systems Wins 49M Army SMET Vehicle Development ContractBen Smith, Deploy Editor · 2019-11-26
MUTT was selected as the US Army's S-MET Increment I vehicle in 2020. Delivered to Army units. MUTT XM is the next evolution, leveraging the proven S-MET architecture. S-MET Increment II contracts awarded to American Rheinmetall and HDT in September 2024 for new prototypes.
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No incidents on record for MUTT (S-MET) 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
- MUTT (S-MET)
- Status
- operational
- First seen
- 2020-01-01
- ID
ab0e9ec2-66e2-4d14-9b74-3c79f383595b
Timeline
- Jan 2020First recordedMUTT (S-MET) 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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Sources (1)
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-09
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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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