DEPLOYDatabase

Deployment

ULTRA at Africa

Overland AI (Seattle, Washington, founded 2022) manufactures the ULTRA, a fully autonomous uncrewed ground vehicle for military operations including reconnaissance, logistics resupply, counter-drone, and breaching in GPS-denied and extreme environments. The ULTRA reaches 56 km/h, carries 453 kg of payload, and has a cruising range of 160 km running on Overland AI's proprietary OverDrive autonomy software and SPARK hardware.

The US Marine Corps has purchased ULTRA vehicles and US troops have evaluated it in tactical scenarios; Overland AI raised $100 million in February 2026 to scale production with US armed forces.

ULTRA by Overland AI · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified · Defense UGV

Track ULTRA at Africa

Recent coverage

See all coverage →

ULTRA AGVs demonstrated combat capabilities during US Africa Command's largest annual exercise. One ULTRA with CROWS provided cover fire while second with APOBS cleared obstacles.

Exposure

Customer segment
research
Scale tier
pilot lt10

Each exposure value carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.

Safety record

No incidents on record for ULTRA at Africa.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Trust tier
Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-08-21
Model
ULTRA
Company
Overland AI
Location
Africa
Operator
Overland AI
Status
pilot
Scale at site
2 to 10 units
Site environment
mixed
Location precision
city centroid
First seen
2025-01-01
ID
c0cfc9f0-6817-4754-8d8d-763f20f46911

Timeline

  1. Jan 2025
    First recorded
    ULTRA first documented operating at Africa.
  2. Aug 2026
    Current status: pilot, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

On the deployment map

Free to use on your site, with a link back to DEPLOY.

ULTRA operates in Africa. Explore the full verified map:

Sources (1)

  1. https://www.overland.ai/news/during-u-s-africa-commands-largest-annual-exercise-overland-ai-demonstrates-combat-capabilities-with-autonomous-ground-vehicles
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-21

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: research

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 ULTRA at Africa.

Common questions

What is the ULTRA deployment at Africa?
ULTRA, built by Overland AI, is recorded as a deployment at Africa on the DEPLOY registry. Overland AI operates the deployment directly.
Who operates ULTRA at Africa?
Overland AI, the manufacturer of ULTRA, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the ULTRA deployment at Africa go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting January 1, 2025 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the ULTRA deployment at Africa?
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.

Deploy Watch

Track this deployment.

We notify you when status changes against primary-source evidence, contract events surface, or a related incident is filed.

Machine-readable surfaces