- Kodiak will integrate its AI-powered autonomous system into a Marine ROGUE-Fires carrier ground vehicle
- The collaboration further demonstrates the Kodiak Driver’s versatility and adaptability for strategic military capabilities
Kodiak AI, Inc. (“Kodiak”), a leading provider of AI-powered autonomous vehicle technology, announced that the U.S. Marine Corps has awarded the company a contract to help create autonomous military ground vehicles. The company will integrate the Kodiak Driver, Kodiak’s dual-use, AI-powered autonomous driving system, into the U.S. Marine Corps’ Remotely Operated Ground Unit for Expeditionary Fires (ROGUE-Fires) carrier ground vehicle. ROGUE-Fires enables distributed maritime operations, sea denial, and expeditionary force projection, particularly across the vast distances and contested terrain of the Indo-Pacific.
By integrating the Kodiak Driver into the ROGUE-Fires platform, Kodiak is enabling the U.S. Marine Corps to understand how autonomous operations can extend reach, improve operational tempo, and reduce risk to Marines while executing high-end expeditionary missions. Kodiak will demonstrate the maturity and modularity of its autonomous system by leveraging its existing software stack and hardware interfaces.
“The Kodiak Driver is a powerful dual-use capability that leverages physical AI to strengthen defense readiness through scalable and adaptive applications in order to keep Marines out of harm’s way,” said Don Burnette, Founder and CEO of Kodiak AI. “We have extensively tested our autonomous system in our prior efforts with the military and believe this work with the Marine Corps allows us to further showcase how Kodiak’s technology performs in unstructured and unmapped environments.”
This work with the U.S. Marine Corps is the latest that underscores Kodiak’s role as a trusted autonomy partner for the defense sector. In 2022, Kodiak was selected for a three-year contract with the United States Army to deliver an end-to-end autonomous solution for the U.S. Army Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV) program, under which it received approximately $30 million. Through this engagement, the company completed real-world testing in off-road and combat-relevant environments, including California mountainous grassland, Texas desert, and Michigan snow.
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