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ULTRA at Vaziani Training Area, Georgia

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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ULTRA demonstrated during exercise Agile Spirit 25 at Vaziani Training Area, Georgia with 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade. Ran resupply tests for 60mm and 120mm mortar units. Soldier trained on ULTRA in Germany prior to exercise.

Safety record

No incidents on record for ULTRA at Vaziani Training Area, Georgia.

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Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-08-09
Model
ULTRA
Status
pilot
First seen
2025-07-29
ID
799e9457-17b9-4b8b-81eb-fde31efbe776

Timeline

  1. Jul 2025
    First recorded
    ULTRA first documented operating at Vaziani Training Area, Georgia.
  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.jbsa.mil/News/News/Article/4265819/us-army-tests-innovative-autonomous-tactical-vehicle-prototype/
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-09

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Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-09

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: research

Lifecycle: active

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Common questions

What is the ULTRA deployment at Vaziani Training Area, Georgia?
ULTRA, built by Overland AI, is recorded as a deployment at Vaziani Training Area, Georgia on the DEPLOY registry. Overland AI operates the deployment directly.
Who operates ULTRA at Vaziani Training Area, Georgia?
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 Vaziani Training Area, Georgia go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting July 29, 2025 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the ULTRA deployment at Vaziani Training Area, Georgia?
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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