Deployment
TALON at United States
Small durable tracked robot widely fielded by the US military for EOD, reconnaissance and CBRN missions; thousands fielded with long-running sustainment contracts.
TALON by QinetiQ · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified
Machine-readable surfaces
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- REST API: /v1/robots/e8fb1555-4f45-4f20-b19e-6cd712365b9e
- Data documentation: /data
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Key facts
- Operator
- US military
- Scale
- thousands fielded (EOD / reconnaissance / CBRN)
- Contract
- $15.2M procurement + ~$90M fleet sustainment
- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified
- Last updated
- 2026-06-05
- Model
- TALON
- Company
- QinetiQ
- Location
- United States
- Status
- active
- ID
e8fb1555-4f45-4f20-b19e-6cd712365b9e
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: production
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 TALON at United States.Common questions
- What is the TALON deployment at United States?
- TALON, built by QinetiQ, is recorded as a deployment at United States on the DEPLOY registry. QinetiQ operates the deployment directly.
- Who operates TALON at United States?
- QinetiQ, the manufacturer of TALON, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
- Is the TALON deployment at United States still active?
- As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, this deployment is currently operating.
- Have there been incidents at the TALON 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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