Forterra is financing defense autonomy around production contracts

Forterra raised $238 million in Series C equity and debt on November 12, 2025 following several defence contract awards. The company pointed to the first DoD ground-autonomy production contract for ROGUE Fires with the Marine Corps, a $114 million Army contract for autonomous breaching systems, Phase II of the Army GEARS program, and a $4.8 million Army UxS contract. The contracts arrived before the financing, making the round expansion capital for production and new programs.

Forterra said in January 2025 that AutoDrive would be integrated on Oshkosh Defense's Remotely Operated Ground Unit for Expeditionary Fires for the U.S. Marine Corps. Oshkosh framed the partnership around interoperable systems for Marine Corps modernization, and Forterra tied the work to moving beyond leader-follower autonomy in off-road environments.

Forterra traces back to Robotic Research, founded in 2002 by Alberto Lacaze and later rebranded after two decades of ground-autonomy work. AutoDrive and TerraLink extend that history from autonomous driving into networked ground missions, where autonomy has to work across mixed vehicles, communications constraints, and military safety requirements.

Moore Strategic Ventures led the financing, with Crescent Cove adding equity and debt after backing Forterra since its Series A. Forterra previously raised $228 million in 2021 and $75 million in 2024. The new funding supports command-and-control development and production capacity for edge-computing platforms.

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