10 Ground Robots in Development and Testing for Military Applications

Rheinmetall provides defense systems to the U.K., Hungary

Düsseldorf, Germany-based Rheinmetall AG this month said it had received an order from the U.K. for four Mission Master vehicles. The U.K. is beginning Spiral 2 or the second phase of its Robotic Platoon Vehicle testing. Rheinmetall also received an €140 million ($170 million U.S.) order from Hungary to add its StrikeShield Active Defense System to its fleet of 209 Lynx infantry fighting vehicles.

The U.S. Department of Defense and militaries around the world are working to improve the endurance, usability, and autonomy of ground robots for explosive ordnance removal and other tasks.

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