Arion-SMET

6x6 battery-electric UGV (550 kg payload, ~100 km range) for autonomous off-road squad support; first Korean UGV in US Foreign Comparative Testing (Hawaii, Dec 2023), competing for US Army S-MET Increment II.

Yes. Arion-SMET is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.

Arion-SMET's recorded specifications on the DEPLOY registry: Range: ~100km; Payload: 550kg; Max speed: 43 km/h; Weight: 2000 kg. See the Specs section for the full sourced set.

Arion-SMET is made by Hanwha Aerospace, based in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 1977.

5 verified deployments of Arion-SMET are on the DEPLOY registry, including at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, Hawaii, USA, South Korea.

Arion-SMET is in pilot deployments with named customers and is not yet broadly for sale.

On the DEPLOY registry, comparable defense_ugv robots to Arion-SMET include THeMIS, TALON, ROOK, MTGR.

Arion-SMET and THeMIS (Milrem Robotics · 22 deployments) are both defense_ugv robots on the DEPLOY registry. Arion-SMET has 5 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Arion-SMET ranks in roughly the top 66% of defense_ugv models tracked by the registry.

Arion-SMET is at the pilot stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Pilot stage means at least one named-customer trial deployment is verified.

Arion-SMET has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

The Arion-SMET is a state-of-the-art 6x6 unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) developed by Hanwha Defense (South Korea). Designed to support infantry with logistics and supply transport. Successfully completed a week-long field test with the US Marine Corps and US Army under the Foreign Comparative Test program.