Kodiak Robotics Wins $50 Million Contract to Aid in Developing Driverless Army Vehicles

Self-driving truck startup Kodiak Robotics said Tuesday that it won a two-year, $49.9 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to help develop automated combat vehicles for the U.S. Army.

The company said the vehicles will be tailored for reconnaissance, surveillance and other missions that would present a high risk to a human driver.

The contract was awarded by the DoD’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and is part of the Army’s ongoing Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV) program.

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