# TALON: robot model

Canonical ID: `f47d4ea4-848f-4cb8-b8f6-fc99fa315056`

- **Slug:** qinetiq-talon
- **Form factor:** defense_ugv
- **Maturity stage:** production
- **Lifecycle:** active
- **Deployments registered:** 1

## Specs

- **role:** EOD/recon/CBRN
- **config:** tracked

## Deployments

- [qinetiq-talon-us-military](/deployments/qinetiq-talon-us-military.md) at United States (id: `e8fb1555-4f45-4f20-b19e-6cd712365b9e`)

## Manufacturer-attributed media (1)

_Manufacturer-supplied at the model level; not tied to an independently verified named-site deployment. Verification posture is product-showcase from the maker._

- **video**: [QinetiQ TALON VI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf7zj_L214Y). _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.


## Supply chain

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this model's suppliers._

_Suppliers appear when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## 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.


## Sources (1)

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

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