AEye Apollo selected for Lunar Outpost Pegasus vehicle

Sep 1, 2026 · Contract Award · AEye Inc · Perception

Lunar Outpost selected AEye Apollo long-range lidar for integration into the Pegasus Lunar Terrain Vehicle under a multi-million-dollar commercial engagement.

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  • Pegasus is being developed to transport Artemis astronauts across the lunar surface under NASA's Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services programme.
  • Apollo is intended to support terrain perception, obstacle detection and autonomous navigation in lunar operating conditions.
  • The award extends AEye's commercial lidar work beyond automotive, defence and industrial applications into space mobility.

AEye develops software-defined lidar systems for autonomous vehicles, smart infrastructure and other autonomy applications.