Product profile
Rheinmetall GOAT
Rheinmetall GOAT, the Ground Optionally Autonomous Transport, is an uncrewed ground vehicle prototype for carrying supplies and equipment across rugged ter...
Facts
- Company
- Rheinmetall
- Product type
- tactical_ugv
- Status
- development
- Primary capability
- logistics_transport
- Website
- https://www.rheinmetall.com/en/company/subsidiaries/american-rheinmetall/systems-products-capabilites/uncrewed-ground-vehicles
About Rheinmetall GOAT
GOAT is American Rheinmetall's Ground Optionally Autonomous Transport prototype for the U.S. Army. The wheeled unmanned ground vehicle is intended to carry supplies and equipment across rugged terrain, reducing the load on dismounted forces and extending logistics support into hazardous operating areas.
American Rheinmetall is one of two competitors in the Army programme. The company described an eight-vehicle prototype build for comparative testing and evaluation before any production down-select. GOAT therefore remains a development programme rather than a generally orderable commercial vehicle, with the exact production configuration still subject to Army testing and down-selection.
Market context
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Summary
Type: Tactical UGV
Core: GOAT
Function: Supply transport
Audience: Ground forces
Operations
- Environment
- military, rugged_terrain, field_logistics
- Primary user
- military logistics units, ground forces, defense program teams
- Role
- logistics_transport, forward_resupply, reconnaissance_support
- Interaction model
- optionally_autonomous, remote_supervised
- Mobility class
- wheeled_ugv
- Product detail
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Research, Articles and recent verified events
- Rheinmetall opens UK Advanced Land Autonomy Centre of Excellence — 2026-08-14
- Rheinmetall completes first FV-014 launches from containerized truck launcher — 2026-08-13
- Rheinmetall and MBDA commissioned to develop German Navy laser weapon system — 2026-07-09
- Rheinmetall wins several-hundred-million-euro Skynex order — 2026-07-02
- Rheinmetall completes 51% acquisition of DOK-ING — 2026-07-01
- Rheinmetall receives Romania VSHORAD counter-UAS package — 2026-06-04
- Rheinmetall receives Bundeswehr FV-014 loitering munition framework contract — 2026-04-22
- Rheinmetall Kraken begins K3 Scout series production in Hamburg — 2026-04-20