Deployment
Ripsaw M5 (RCV) at North America
~10.5-ton tracked hybrid-electric robotic combat vehicle (with Howe & Howe); four M5 prototypes delivered to the US Army for RCV-Medium. The lighter Ripsaw M3 was reported as the 2025 RCV down-select variant.
Ripsaw M5 (RCV) by Textron Systems · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified
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North American operational deployment. Ripsaw M5 (RCV) operations.
- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified
- Last updated
- 2026-06-08
- Model
- Ripsaw M5 (RCV)
- Company
- Textron Systems
- Location
- North America
- Status
- operational
- ID
55ac3cec-b26f-464f-a6a4-73f6ac47d111
Sources (1)
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-08
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-06-08
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: pilot
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: defense_ugv
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
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Methodology surface for Ripsaw M5 (RCV) at North America.Common questions
- What is the Ripsaw M5 (RCV) deployment at North America?
- Ripsaw M5 (RCV), built by Textron Systems, is recorded as a deployment at North America on the DEPLOY registry. Textron Systems operates the deployment directly.
- Who operates Ripsaw M5 (RCV) at North America?
- Textron Systems, the manufacturer of Ripsaw M5 (RCV), operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
- Have there been incidents at the Ripsaw M5 (RCV) deployment at North America?
- 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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