AM General
US specialist vehicle maker producing the HMMWV; showing an autonomous derivative at Eurosatory 2026.
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Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea- What is AM General and does it make the Humvee?
- AM General is the US specialist vehicle company that has been the sole producer of the HMMWV (Humvee) since 1984. It also makes the MaxxPro MRAP and provides fleet sustainment for allied armies.
- What autonomous vehicle is AM General showing at Eurosatory 2026?
- AM General is exhibiting a drive-by-wire autonomous HMMWV derivative at Eurosatory 2026 (15-19 June, Paris) with a 250-horsepower engine, a 6,000-lb payload capacity, and Counter-UAS integration.Source: Army Recognition
- Why would armies want an autonomous version of the Humvee?
- The HMMWV is operated by more than 60 countries. A drive-by-wire autonomous conversion offers a lower-cost route to uncrewed ground capability by upgrading existing chassis rather than procuring a new platform, which is particularly attractive given the high cost of ground-robotics procurement in 2026.Source: Lowdown analysis
Background
AM General is the American specialist vehicle manufacturer best known as the sole producer of the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle, the HMMWV or Humvee, which has been the US military's primary light-tactical platform since the 1980s. The company, headquartered in South Bend, Indiana, also produces the International MaxxPro mine-resistant MRAP and offers fleet sustainment for legacy vehicle fleets across allied armies. AM General is not publicly traded and supplies primarily to the US Department of Defense and foreign military sales customers.
AM General is exhibiting an autonomous HMMWV derivative at Eurosatory 2026 (15-19 June, Paris), featuring drive-by-wire controls, a 250-horsepower engine, a 6,000-lb payload, and Counter-UAS integration. The vehicle was publicly confirmed ahead of the show alongside other UGV programmes including ARX GEREON and the France-Belgium Arquus reconnaissance prototype.
AM General's Eurosatory presence reflects broader US interest in converting the massive existing HMMWV fleet into a partially autonomous force. The HMMWV's global install base of more than 280,000 vehicles across 60 countries gives the autonomous derivative an obvious upgrade-market logic: a drive-by-wire conversion applied to existing chassis avoids new-platform acquisition cost. Whether the autonomous HMMWV is offered as a new-build or retrofit solution has not been publicly confirmed.