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ULTRA

About

About ULTRA

ULTRA is a fully autonomous four-wheel tactical vehicle with large tyres, long-travel suspension and approach geometry designed for mud, sand, snow, brush and steep off-road terrain. Its flat rear deck uses L-track, hitch receivers, shackles and side rails to accept rapidly exchanged mission equipment.

Payload configurations support reconnaissance, logistics, protection and counter-UAS work, while Overland AI’s autonomy allows the vehicle to travel beyond direct line of sight in contested environments. The open deck can carry sensors, cargo, communications and other customer equipment without rebuilding the chassis. ULTRA is in production and available for direct programme orders.

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Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

  • Capability areas: Remote operation
  • Workflows: Defence ground-robot workflow, Ground defence operations
  • Operating environments: Defence operational environment
  • Deployment model: Autonomous UGV operated for field mobility, reconnaissance and payload movement.
  • Multi-terrain locomotion

    Customer-site use - 2026-04-02 - Overland AI reports four ULTRA vehicles integrated with the 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division for contested logistics, reconnaissance and counter-UAS missions at JRTC.

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  • GNSS-denied navigation

    Demonstrated - 2025-04-14 - Accelerated through complex terrain at high speed without GPS or prior maps. - environment: complex off-road tactical terrain

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  • Multi-vehicle control

    Customer-site use - 2026-04-02 - Overland AI reports four ULTRA vehicles integrated with the 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division for contested logistics, reconnaissance and counter-UAS missions at JRTC.

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  • Autonomous tactical mobility

    Customer-site use - 2026-04-02 - Overland AI reports four ULTRA vehicles integrated with the 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division for contested logistics, reconnaissance and counter-UAS missions at JRTC.

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  • ISR and tactical support

    Customer-site use - 2026-04-02 - Overland AI reports four ULTRA vehicles integrated with the 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division for contested logistics, reconnaissance and counter-UAS missions at JRTC.

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  • Autonomous tactical mobility

    Demonstrated - 2025-03-27 - The autonomous tactical vehicle executed off-road ground-mobility tasks using Overland’s autonomy stack.

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  • ISR and tactical support

    Claimed - 2025-04-14 - Its modular open deck supports reconnaissance, logistics, protection and counter-UAS payloads.

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  • Autonomous tactical mobility

    Claimed - 2025-04-14 - Overland AI unveils ULTRA, a fully autonomous tactical vehicle for ground operations

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Timeline

  • Overland AI demonstrates ULTRA combat capabilities during African Lion 2026

    2026-05-14 - Demonstration - The exercise ran April 20 through May 8 at the Cap Draa Training Area during U.S. Africa Command’s largest annual joint exercise. Overland trained soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade and 7th Engineer Brigade and Marines from 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion on ULTRA operations. The two AGVs supported counter-attack and defense-lane missions using CROWS, APOBS and XM204 terrain-shaping payloads.

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  • Hoverfly Technologies and Overland AI expand collaboration on integrated air-ground unmanned capabilities

    2026-03-11 - Partnership - Overland AI and Hoverfly expanded their collaboration to pair Hoverfly's tethered UAS platforms with autonomous ground maneuver from Overland's ULTRA and OverDrive stack. The combined system was presented as a multi-domain unmanned capability for persistent situational awareness, communications relay, EW sensing, and mobile overwatch. The companies said the integrated system had been highlighted in demonstrations with CAL FIRE, the 82nd Airborne Division, and DIU.

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  • Overland AI raises $100M package to scale ground autonomy with U.S. Armed Forces

    2026-02-03 - Funding - Overland AI announced $100M in new funding to scale operations with end users across the U.S. Armed Forces. The total included an equity round led by 8VC and a $20M venture debt facility from TriplePoint Capital. The company said the capital would support manufacturing, field support, and operational integration for ULTRA and its broader ground-autonomy stack.

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  • Overland AI unveils ULTRA, a fully autonomous tactical vehicle for ground operations

    2025-04-14 - Product Launch - Overland AI unveiled ULTRA as a fully autonomous tactical ground vehicle. The platform is designed for off-road defence missions without continuous human driving. Its modular open deck supports reconnaissance, logistics, protection and counter-UAS payloads.

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  • Overland AI showcases its fully autonomous tactical vehicle at an Army Applications Lab demo

    2025-03-27 - Demonstration - Overland AI demonstrated ULTRA through an Army Applications Laboratory event. The autonomous tactical vehicle executed off-road ground-mobility tasks using Overland’s autonomy stack. The demonstration showed ULTRA operating without continuous human driving in a military field setting.

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Context

Market context

Fully autonomous tactical vehicle built in-house for battlefield ground operations.

  • Target environment: Off-road terrain, defence field areas, remote routes and unstructured outdoor environments.
  • Workflow context: Off-road autonomy, ground mobility, remote supervision, route traversal and field sensing.
  • Deployment model: Autonomous UGV operated for field mobility, reconnaissance and payload movement.
  • Commercial maturity: Public Overland AI product for autonomous ground operations.
  • Adoption constraints: Requires terrain validation, communications planning, payload integration, safety testing and operator training.
  • Market position: Off-road autonomy vehicle focused on rugged ground movement in environments without prepared roads.
  • Adjacent products: Autonomous UGV for rugged terrain, field autonomy and defence mobility workflows.

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