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Hector

About

About Hector

Hector is a wheeled medium-class military vehicle designed for crewed, remotely operated and autonomous missions. Its protected automotive chassis carries modular equipment for logistics, reconnaissance, command, communications and combat-support roles.

Mithra OS provides autonomy, sensor fusion, fleet connectivity and mission updates across deployed vehicles. Optional manning allows the same platform to move between conventional driving and uncrewed operation. ARX is developing Hector for European land forces through scalable production and customer-specific payload integration.

Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

  • Operating environments: Tactical logistics, convoy and reconnaissance environments
  • Control modes: Teleoperated, Supervised Autonomy
  • Remote and shared control

    Claimed - 2026-01-21 - Switch into teleoperation for remote driving. - environment: Tactical logistics, convoy and reconnaissance environments

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  • Autonomous tactical mobility

    Claimed - Follow routes under supervised autonomy during logistics or reconnaissance missions. - environment: Tactical logistics, convoy and reconnaissance environments

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  • Material handling

    Claimed - Carry supplies, sensors or effectors for tactical teams. - environment: Tactical logistics, convoy and reconnaissance environments

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Timeline

  • ARX Robotics and GDLS-UK explore Hector–Ajax integration

    2026-09-16 - Partnership - The proposed teaming roles include reconnaissance, surveillance, protection and combat support. The companies will assess GDLS-UK's South Wales facilities for final assembly and integration. Their industrial assessment also covers manufacturing engineering, CNC and fabrication capacity, and development of a UK supplier base.

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  • ARX Robotics unveils Hector optionally manned software-defined UGV

    2026-01-21 - Product Launch - ARX introduced Hector as an optionally manned platform designed to be crew-driven to the edge of the mission area and then switched to teleoperation or supervised autonomy. The company positioned Hector as a Mithra-powered, software-first UGV intended for scalable production and a broad mission set. ARX said the platform was designed to increase stand-off distance, range, and operational flexibility while reducing logistics burden.

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Context

Market context

Hector is ARX Robotics' wheeled unmanned ground vehicle built around Mithra OS for higher-speed, longer-range land-force missions.

  • Target environment: Defense mobility routes, field logistics, inspection environments and wheeled UGV operating areas.
  • Workflow context: Wheeled land autonomy, payload integration, logistics, sensing, effectors and modular mission support.
  • Customer context: Defense users and integrators needing a software-defined wheeled UGV.
  • Deployment model: Wheeled UGV platform integrated with ARX software and payload interfaces.
  • Commercial maturity: Commercial defense product surface.
  • Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on terrain, autonomy performance, payload fit, communications and procurement.
  • Market position: Software-first wheeled land autonomy platform extending ARX beyond tracked systems.
  • Adjacent products: GEREON RCS, Mithra OS, Rheinmetall UGVs, Milrem systems

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