STEED

Autonomous transport platform designed for casualty evacuation and heavy equipment movement. Soldier feedback from field exercises highlighted STEED's ability to transport multiple patients in a single movement, carry heavy loads over long distances, and navigate rough terrain. Used for construction material transport, casualty transport (3 casualties in full kit 500m through woods), and loading equipment onto aircraft/vehicles.

Yes. STEED 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.

STEED is made by Hendrick Technical Solutions, based in Concord, North Carolina, USA, founded in 2020.

2 verified deployments of STEED are on the DEPLOY registry, including at United States (multiple hotel chains), Germany, Europe.

STEED is in pilot deployments with named customers and is not yet broadly for sale.

On the DEPLOY registry, comparable defense robots to STEED include ION, SMSS (Squad Mission Support System), AZAK S26 UGV, Blackswan Autonomy Suite.

STEED and ION (D-Orbit · 3 deployments) are both defense robots on the DEPLOY registry. STEED has 2 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, STEED ranks in roughly the top 55% of defense models tracked by the registry.

STEED 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.

STEED 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.