Overland AI's ULTRA Demo
Overland AI demoed its ULTRA autonomous ground vehicle launching target and FPV drones from an AG3 Labs rack to provide swarming obscuration and threat detection—showing ground platforms acting as mobile drone‑launch nodes. The setup points to integrated land‑air autonomy workflows. (x.com)
Overland formally unveiled ULTRA on April 14, 2025, advertising a 1,000‑pound payload capacity, a 35 mph top speed, and a cruising range around 100 miles. (overland.ai) The vehicle runs Overland’s OverDrive autonomy stack atop the SPARK hardware platform, with its off‑road autonomy matured through testing in DARPA’s RACER program to operate in GPS‑denied environments. (overland.ai) Published spec and reporting list the platform at 155 inches long, 72 inches wide, 60 inches tall, a gross weight near 3,500 pounds, 14.5‑inch ground clearance and a 114‑horsepower engine. (thedefensepost.com) Overland positions ULTRA as a modular, attritable node for ISR, counter‑UAS and contested logistics that supports payloads including airborne sensors and remote weapon stations, and it advertises resilient links via local mesh, 5G and satellite uplinks. (overland.ai) The company received an $18.6 million award tied to the Robotic Combat Vehicle program from the U.S. Army and DIU, and ULTRA prototypes were fielded in multinational Exercise Agile Spirit on July 29, 2025. (overland.ai) AG3 Labs, the rack partner shown in the clip, publicly markets LOCUS target drones and CHAOS swarm software that enable FPV‑style behavior, mesh coordination and swarm sizes up to 24 units for low‑cost, attritable training and target roles. (renvcf.com) Overland uploaded a demonstration video titled “ULTRA Launching Drones” to its official YouTube channel documenting integration with an AG3 Labs rack, and the clip is available on the company’s channel. (youtube.com) Overland announced a $100 million funding package in February 2026 aimed at scaling ULTRA production and operational deployment with U.S. Army, Marine Corps and special operations units. (defence-blog.com)
