TALON is made by QinetiQ, based in Farnborough, United Kingdom, founded in 2001.

Where is TALON deployed?

1 verified deployment of TALON is on the DEPLOY registry, including at United States.

What is TALON's maturity stage?

TALON is at the production stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Production stage means high-volume manufacture and commercial-scale deployments are sustained.

Robot model

TALON

Name: TALON
Brand: QinetiQ

Small durable tracked robot widely fielded by the US military for EOD, reconnaissance and CBRN missions; thousands fielded with long-running sustainment contracts.

TALON is a robot model built by QinetiQ. · Documented in 1 deployment in United States.

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Machine-readable surfaces

Markdown mirror: /models/qinetiq-talon.md
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REST API: /v1/models/f47d4ea4-848f-4cb8-b8f6-fc99fa315056
Revision history: /models/qinetiq-talon/history
Data documentation: /data
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Form factor: defense_ugv
Maturity stage: production
Lifecycle: active
Deployments: 1
ID: f47d4ea4-848f-4cb8-b8f6-fc99fa315056

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Specs

role: EOD/recon/CBRN
config: tracked

Recent deployments (1)

TALON at United StatesUnited States

Manufacturer-attributed media (1)

Manufacturer-supplied media at the model level. Not tied to an independently verified named-site deployment. Verification posture is product-showcase from the maker, distinct from the deployment-verified evidence in the section above.

PRIMARY SOURCE

Courtesy of QinetiQ

QinetiQ's introduction of its TALON VI tracked robot, showing its manipulator arm and obstacle mobility under operator control. TALON is a teleoperated EOD and ISR robot (a legacy Foster-Miller platform), not autonomous. Defense, ITAR-controlled.

Sources (1)

https://www.army-technology.com/news/qinetiq-north-america-talon-robots/

Common questions

What is TALON?: Small durable tracked robot widely fielded by the US military for EOD, reconnaissance and CBRN missions; thousands fielded with long-running sustainment contracts.
Who makes TALON?: TALON is made by QinetiQ, based in Farnborough, United Kingdom, founded in 2001.
Where is TALON deployed?: 1 verified deployment of TALON is on the DEPLOY registry, including at United States.
What is TALON's maturity stage?: TALON is at the production stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Production stage means high-volume manufacture and commercial-scale deployments are sustained.

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.