# Arion-SMET at United States: deployment

Canonical ID: `92e7ab0a-3b3b-4975-9a02-d36ed32fc8e2`

## 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_

- **Slug:** hanwha-arion-smet-us-fct
- **Status:** pilot
- **Model:** [Arion-SMET](/models/hanwha-arion-smet.md) (id: `1d178335-981e-4e46-b4d8-6d88bfb3e1e1`)
- **Company:** [Hanwha Aerospace](/companies/hanwha-aerospace.md) (id: `c741507c-127c-43d9-a836-49138a9930d0`)
- **Location:** [United States](/locations/united-states.md) (id: `aa8b9c05-c836-4021-801f-59801970401e`)
- **First seen:** 2023-12-01T12:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. https://defence-blog.com/hanwhas-ugv-completes-successful-field-test-with-us-military/

## 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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