Deployment
Arion-SMET at United States
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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Key facts
- Operator
- US military (Foreign Comparative Testing)
- Program
- US FCT, Hawaii, Dec 2023; competing for US Army S-MET Increment II
- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified
- Last updated
- 2026-06-05
- Model
- Arion-SMET
- Company
- Hanwha Aerospace
- Location
- United States
- Status
- pilot
- First seen
- 2023-12-01
- ID
92e7ab0a-3b3b-4975-9a02-d36ed32fc8e2
Sources (1)
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-05
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-06-05
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: pilot
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: defense_ugv
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
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Methodology surface for Arion-SMET at United States.Common questions
- What is the Arion-SMET deployment at United States?
- Arion-SMET, built by Hanwha Aerospace, is recorded as a deployment at United States on the DEPLOY registry. Hanwha Aerospace operates the deployment directly.
- Who operates Arion-SMET at United States?
- 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.
- When did the Arion-SMET deployment at United States go live?
- The deployment is recorded as starting December 1, 2023 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
- Have there been incidents at the Arion-SMET deployment at United States?
- 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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