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Army to test supply and casualty-evacuation robots in 2027 after scrapping Robotic Combat Vehicle

The Army is about to test logistics and casualty-evacuation robots again. Its assessments should count interventions, recoveries and maintenance hours, as Ukraine’s experience shows.

AnalysisOct 8, 2026

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Marines field tele-operated NMESIS missile launcher to two littoral regiments; autonomy comes later

NMESIS reached two littoral regiments as a towed, tele-operated missile launcher. Autonomy is arriving afterward, under contract, and that ordering is the lesson.

AnalysisOct 4, 2026

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Army picks four firms to prototype robotic minefield breaching, with soldier tests in 2027

The Army picked four firms to prototype autonomous breaching. Ukraine’s 2023 failures show what a 2027 soldier assessment must prove before any production decision.

ExplainerSep 28, 2026

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Simulated drone strike ‘kills’ 42 paratroopers as Army weighs how to fight in a kill zone

Evidence from Ukraine and from the Army’s own training centers agrees on the drone-swept zone. The officials who redesigned brigades for it are gone.

FeatureOct 10, 2026

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Army names five winners in humanoid robot contest; only one is a complete robot

xTechHumanoid drew 103 proposals and nine live demonstrations at Quantico. The Army published winners but no task results, scores or fielding plans.

AnalysisOct 7, 2026

Army to test supply and casualty-evacuation robots in 2027 after scrapping Robotic Combat Vehicle

Marines field tele-operated NMESIS missile launcher to two littoral regiments; autonomy comes later

Army picks four firms to prototype robotic minefield breaching, with soldier tests in 2027

Simulated drone strike ‘kills’ 42 paratroopers as Army weighs how to fight in a kill zone

Army names five winners in humanoid robot contest; only one is a complete robot

The Defense Autonomy Review briefing