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ULTRA at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, USA

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

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Two ULTRA AGVs deployed across 15 live mission scenarios at Fort Leonard Wood with 555th, 36th, 20th Engineer Brigades and 173rd Airborne Brigade. Day and night operations including breaching, smoke deception, counter-UAS.

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No incidents on record for ULTRA at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, USA.

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Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-08-09
Model
ULTRA
Company
Overland AI
Location
Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, USA
Status
pilot
First seen
2025-01-01
ID
2f5a634b-97e9-4dc5-8c8b-a77c0c31c21b

Timeline

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

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Sources (1)

  1. https://www.overland.ai/news/overland-ai-demonstrates-soldier-led-autonomy-across-day-and-night-operations
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-09

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Verified

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Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-09

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: research

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: defense_ugv

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Common questions

What is the ULTRA deployment at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, USA?
ULTRA, built by Overland AI, is recorded as a deployment at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, USA on the DEPLOY registry. Overland AI operates the deployment directly.
Who operates ULTRA at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, USA?
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 Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, USA 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 Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, USA?
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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