Project Sustainment
US Army programme buying hybrid-powered autonomous ground vehicles for unit resupply.
Project Sustainment is the US Army's 18-month contract, awarded 31 July 2026, for hybrid-powered autonomous ground vehicles built for company-sized element sustainment missions; no value has been disclosed.
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Project Sustainment is the US Army programme announced on 31 July 2026 that names American Rheinmetall as prime contractor for hybrid-powered autonomous ground vehicles built for company-sized element sustainment missions. The award runs through the National Advanced Mobility Consortium, the industry body the Army uses to run competitions among member firms rather than a full open solicitation.
Three named partners fill out the team beneath American Rheinmetall, each contributing a different layer of the stack: the chassis, the software that drives it, and the voice interface a soldier uses to direct it, detailed on their own pages.
Rheinmetall disclosed no contract value. The award carries potential for follow-on orders as the Army expands its autonomous logistics fleet, making Project Sustainment a template for how the service intends to buy resupply robotics rather than a one-off purchase.
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