11 February 2026

Swarmbotics Wins US Army Contract for Swarming Ground Robots

Jodesz Gavilan

Swarmbotics AI has won a US Army contract to build swarming, attritable small unmanned ground vehicles (sUGVs) for the 1st Cavalry Division. The award stems from Swarmbotics’ performance at last year’s xTechOverwatch competition, where its autonomous ground robotics technology competed against dozens of innovative small business teams.

Designed to operate as swarms, the sUGVs aim to create multiple dilemmas for adversaries at lower cost than traditional manned platforms, reflecting army interest in scalable force multiplication. Soldiers from the 1st Cavalry Division assessed autonomous capabilities across ground and airborne systems as part of the evaluation, which was facilitated by the US Army’s

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