TALON

Small durable tracked robot widely fielded by the US military for EOD, reconnaissance and CBRN missions; thousands fielded with long-running sustainment contracts.

Yes. TALON 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.

TALON is made by QinetiQ, based in Farnborough, United Kingdom, founded in 2001.

20 verified deployments of TALON are on the DEPLOY registry, including at Ground Zero, New York, USA, Iraq (Iraqi Army), Fukushima, Japan.

TALON is in commercial deployment and is sold to operators; contact the manufacturer to buy, and see the pricing section for any recorded price.

On the DEPLOY registry, comparable defense_ugv robots to TALON include THeMIS, ROOK, MTGR, Mission Master SP.

TALON and THeMIS (Milrem Robotics · 22 deployments) are both defense_ugv robots on the DEPLOY registry. TALON has 20 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, TALON ranks in roughly the top 3% of defense_ugv models tracked by the registry.

TALON is at the production stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Production stage means high-volume manufacture and commercial-scale deployments are sustained.

TALON 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.