Endeavor Robotics has received a $10 million contract from the US Marine Corps to provide FirstLook UGVs, the company announced on 7 May.
The 5lbs throwable FirstLook can be dropped 20ft onto concrete without sustaining damage. Equipped with day/night cameras and two-way audio, the UGV acts as a soldier’s eyes and ears providing better stand-off distance from potential threats.
The UGVs will be equipped with the uPoint multi-UGV control system. The system’s interoperable technology and tablet-based controller help to reduce operator training time.
FirstLook UGVs can climb over seven-inch obstacles and self-right automatically when flipped over. The system can be used to clear buildings, detect IEDs and to perform tasks in confined spaces such as caves, tunnels and crawl spaces.
As countries increasingly move away from Chinese drone manufacturing and focus on domestic production and collaboration, Europe and the US are well-placed to step in – although cost remains a crucial consideration.
Although the Replicator initiative has made several accomplishments, there are still multiple gaps to plug across the US Department of Defense (DoD) and its services.
Cummings Aerospace presented its turbojet-powered Hellhound loitering munition at SOF Week 2025, offering a man-portable solution aligned with the US Army’s LASSO requirements.
PDW has revealed its Attritable Multirotor First Person View drone at SOF Week 2025, offering special operations forces a low-cost, rapidly deployable platform for strike and ISR missions, inspired by battlefield lessons from Ukraine.
Teledyne FLIR is highlighting the emerging requirements for 'recoverable and re-usable' loitering munitions across the contemporary operating environment during this week’s SOF Week conference in Tampa, Florida.
High-performance maritime industry player Kraken Technology Group, based in the UK, has used the SOF Week conference in Tampa, Florida this week to debut its K3 Scout uncrewed surface vessel (USV) to the North American market.
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