Arquus

Arquus is the French military land-vehicle manufacturer within the Renault Trucks Defense and John Cockerill group, producing protected mobility vehicles, support trucks and specialised platforms for the French Army and export customers. Its portfolio spans the VAB armoured personnel carrier, the Sherpa light tactical vehicle and the Aravis mine-protected patrol vehicle. Arquus inherited Renault Trucks Defense's military-vehicle heritage and John Cockerill's weapons and turret systems after a series of consolidations in the French defence-vehicle sector.

Within French ground robotics, Arquus's established role is as a chassis and mobility-layer supplier rather than a systems integrator: specialist robotics firms and research institutions typically provide the autonomy stack that sits on top of an Arquus platform. That division of labour reflects the broader French approach to unmanned ground vehicles, where established vehicle primes hold the mobility expertise and smaller partners hold the sensing and control software.