Robot model
ULTRA
Overland AI (Seattle, Washington, founded 2022) manufactures the ULTRA, a fully autonomous uncrewed ground vehicle for military operations including…
- Manufacturer
- Overland AI
- Form factor
- defense_ugv
- Maturity
- research
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 10
- Website
- overland.ai ↗
The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies ULTRA, a defense ugv by Overland AI (research): 10 verified deployments on record. 3 sources back the record.
Overview
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.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- research(Lab-stage only; no commercial or public deployment reported.)
- Sources on file
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Key facts
Speed
Payload
Range
Autonomy level
Drive type
Specs
Range km
Max speed
Speed kmh
Weight kg
Payload kg
Data & sources
Press releases
1
Web sources
2
3 sources backing this record.View all →
Autonomy: verified vs claimed
- What it actually does
- Autonomous
Pricing
No verified price is on record for ULTRA. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.
Deployments (10)
- ULTRA at Moroccooperational
Two ULTRA AGVs deployed during African Lion 2026, US Africa Command's largest annual exercise in Morocco's Sahara Desert.
DARPA RACER Heavy Platform (based on Textron M-5 chassis with Overland AI autonomy) used for autonomous combat breaching demonstration with III Armored Corps' 36th Engineer Brigade at Fort Hood.
ULTRA demonstrated during exercise Agile Spirit 25 at Vaziani Training Area, Georgia with 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade.
Overland AI ULTRA autonomous vehicles completed month-long deployment at Fort Polk with 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division at JRTC.
DARPA RACER program final experiments at Fort Irwin NTC.
Overland AI's ULTRA platform used by US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) alongside Army and Marine Corps.
- ULTRA at Africapilot
ULTRA AGVs demonstrated combat capabilities during US Africa Command's largest annual exercise.
- ULTRA at United Statesannounced
$20M APFIT production contract to deliver autonomous ground vehicles for Marine Air Defense Integrated Systems (MADIS) resupply.
Two ULTRA AGVs deployed across 15 live mission scenarios at Fort Leonard Wood with 555th, 36th, 20th Engineer Brigades and 173rd Airborne Brigade.
- ULTRA at United Statesoperational
Overland AI ULTRA autonomous tactical vehicle tested with US Army and Marine Corps.
ULTRA on the deployment map
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Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 29, 2026
at United States
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 29, 2026
at United States
- Record createdJun 27, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedApr 20, 2026
at Morocco
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedNov 1, 2025
at Fort Irwin, California, USA
Safety record
No incidents on record for ULTRA.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (3)
- Overland AI · https://www.overland.ai/
- Overland AI Rolls Out Autonomous Multi-Mission Military Vehicle · https://thedefensepost.com/2025/04/16/overland-ai-unveils-ultra-vehicle/
- https://www.overland.ai/ultra
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-22
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-22
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: research
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: defense_ugv
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for ULTRA.Recent coverage
ULTRA in third-party press
Attention vs reality over time
Media mentions per month (area) against verified deployment events (dots). A press spike over a flat deployment line is the hype gap, drawn over time.
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning ULTRA from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/overland-ai-ultra.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/0146b36d-68af-4a2d-abd4-4cad8716ba24
- Revision history: /models/overland-ai-ultra/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Video
Reality vs attention
ULTRA draws attention at the 96th percentile but verifies reality at the 94th percentile among defense_ugv robots. Hype Gap +2.5, 19th widest among defense_ugv robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Above-average adoption relative to same-category peers.
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Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 2, 2026