Defense One reports that the Pentagon committed more than USD 115 million to unmanned ground vehicle projects in fiscal 2026, based on public records and GovTribe. says it ordered more than 22,000 ground robots in the first seven months of 2026.
Examples include Marine Corps NMESIS launchers on autonomous Oshkosh vehicles and nearly USD 25 million for IBEX robots from . Ukraine favours cheap, mostly remote-controlled machines, while US programs aim for more autonomous ones.
Source: defenseone.com
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Spending figure is from public records as read by the publication; Ukraine's figure is a ministry claim.