Deployment
Arion-SMET at North America
6x6 battery-electric UGV (550 kg payload, ~100 km range) for autonomous off-road squad support; first Korean UGV in US Foreign Comparative Testing (Hawaii, Dec 2023), competing for US Army S-MET Increment II.
Arion-SMET by Hanwha Aerospace · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified
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North American operational deployment. Arion-SMET operations.
- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified
- Last updated
- 2026-06-08
- Model
- Arion-SMET
- Company
- Hanwha Aerospace
- Location
- North America
- Status
- operational
- ID
7f408462-3748-4b9a-bf39-6246763a96b9
Sources (1)
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-08
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-06-08
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: pilot
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: defense_ugv
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Arion-SMET at North America.Common questions
- What is the Arion-SMET deployment at North America?
- Arion-SMET, built by Hanwha Aerospace, is recorded as a deployment at North America on the DEPLOY registry. Hanwha Aerospace operates the deployment directly.
- Who operates Arion-SMET at North America?
- Hanwha Aerospace, the manufacturer of Arion-SMET, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
- Have there been incidents at the Arion-SMET deployment at North America?
- 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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