Product profile
RIPSAW M3
RIPSAW M3 is Textron Systems’ tracked robotic combat vehicle for heavy-payload tactical ground operations. Official family material lists a 14,000 lb vehic...
Facts
- Company
- Textron Systems
- Product type
- mobile_robot
- Status
- commercial
- Primary capability
- heavy-payload tactical ground mobility
- Website
- https://www.textronsystems.com/products/ground-robotic-vehicles-family-products
About RIPSAW M3
RIPSAW M3 is Textron Systems’ tracked robotic combat vehicle for heavy-payload tactical ground operations. Official family material lists a 14,000 lb vehicle weight, 5,000 lb payload, more than 30 mph top speed and a 63 sq ft deck.
Market context
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Summary
Type: Tracked robotic combat vehicle
Core: High-mobility heavy-payload UGV
Function: Moves mission payloads across difficult terrain under remote or supervised control
Audience: Military operators and defence system integrators
Specifications
- deck_area_sq_ft
- 63 sq ft sq ft
- gross_vehicle_weight_rating_kg
- 6,713.17 kg
- payload_kg
- 2,267.96 kg
- top_speed_mph
- >30 mph mph
- vehicle_weight_kg
- 6,350.29 kg
Operations
- Environment
- off-road, battlefield, contested terrain
- Primary user
- armed forces
- Role
- combat support, reconnaissance, payload carriage
- Interaction model
- remote supervision, optionally autonomous operation
- Mobility class
- tracked unmanned ground vehicle
- Product detail
- robot, 1600, 900, 83ff8d3f37cca85708773da3c0aa772e80a0223dc265fe5f90c7a31bfb447833, reviewed_16x9_official_media, Tracked Robotic Combat Vehicle, https://www.textronsystems.com/sites/default/files/styles/inline_display_800x400/public/_images/content-teasers/Kodiak_Ripsaw-M3-beauty-800x450.jpg?h=ae1281eb&itok=LLtUt9Fa, clean_photo_or_studio_fallback, https://www.textronsystems.com/products/ground-robotic-vehicles-family-products, https://zlsbkmaixmmnjrgpkcyp.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/publi...
Research, Articles and recent verified events
- AM General, Textron Systems and Carnegie Robotics collaborate on modular UGV — 2026-06-11
- Textron Systems wins DIU contract to provide TSUNAMI USVs to SOUTHCOM and U.S. Navy Fourth Fleet — 2026-04-30
- Textron Systems and Howe & Howe debut RIPSAW M1 UGV technology demonstrator — 2026-04-28
- Textron Systems introduces Multi Mission Uncrewed Surface Vessel — 2026-01-13
- Textron Systems awarded contract to deliver Aerosonde VTOL UAS to Tantita Security Services — 2025-12-29
- Textron Systems sells TSUNAMI USV to NIWC Pacific for AUKUS maritime experimentation — 2025-12-17
- Textron Systems sells first European RIPSAW M3 robotic ground vehicle to Sweden — 2025-12-02
- Textron Systems sells first TSUNAMI craft to NSWC Dahlgren — 2025-05-08