Ouster, Inc., a leader in sensing and perception for Physical AI, and Forterra, the leader in autonomous mission systems for military operations in contested environments, today announced that Forterra's Lancer autonomous ground vehicles have completed 1,426 missions and 88 casualty evacuation operations in Ukraine including Ouster Rev7 OS1 digital lidar at the core of their sensor fusion perception stack. Forterra built and delivered 105 Lancers in under six months, and across more than 7,300 miles they have run routes that would otherwise have put a crew inside the vehicle.
The Lancers arrived in Ukraine in October 2025. Built on the Polaris RANGER XP 1500 and modified in theater with Starlink for resilient communications, each vehicle carries up to 750 kilograms of critical equipment to the war fighters. Lancers are operating in high danger zones where persistent drone surveillance makes crewed vehicles high value targets and creates unnecessary risk for personnel. Instead, uncrewed Lancer systems deliver essential supplies and evacuate wounded soldiers without undue risk to additional personnel.
“Forterra exists to take people out of harm’s way, and in Ukraine, Lancer is doing that every day under constant drone surveillance,” said Forterra CEO Josh Araujo. “As we advance AutoDrive toward higher levels of autonomy, Ouster sensors give us the perception foundation required by the next generation of vehicles.”
To date, Forterra has integrated AutoDrive across more than 50 vehicle platforms deployed in over ten countries. This includes the Squad Multipurpose Equipment Transport (SMET) program and the Marine Corps ROGUE Fires platform, which recently entered Block 2 production, making it the most widely deployed autonomous driving system in the defense industry and the first system fielded by the U.S. military to enable autonomous maneuver of ground vehicles.
Forterra’s AutoDrive capability is built upon Forterra’s 24 years of operational experience and over $500 million invested in engineering development and operations. Throughout a multi-year partnership, Ouster digital lidar has been a key part of Forterra’s AutoDrive platform and its operational success.
Ouster's sensors enable 360-degree situational awareness for autonomous ground vehicles operating in complex and unpredictable environments. Each Ouster OS1 sensor covers ground that would otherwise require several narrow field-of-view sensors, which means fewer units for Forterra to integrate, power, and maintain on every vehicle. Additionally, lidar ranges are independent of ambient light, and dual returns report both an obscurant and the surface behind it, so perception holds in fog, dust, rain, and darkness.
"Forterra operates autonomous ground vehicles in some of the most challenging environments on the planet, where reliable perception and safety are critical to the vehicle operators and soldiers," said Angus Pacala, co-founder and CEO of Ouster. "Ouster's technology gives these vehicles a detailed, real-time understanding of their surroundings, helping them navigate complex terrain and operate with greater confidence when GPS, road markings and ideal conditions cannot be relied upon."
Next-Gen Sensing, Built to Automotive Standards
Ouster's next-generation native color digital lidar, Rev8, is designed for ASIL-B functional safety to ISO 26262, cybersecurity to ISO 21434, and support for automotive ethernet, all requirements that unmanned ground vehicle programs increasingly demand.
Off-road work causes constant vibration and shock and subjects lidar sensors to temperatures that swing from arctic cold to desert heat. Rev8 is the most rugged lidar family Ouster has built yet, qualified from -40 °C to +85 °C and ingress-protected against dust and water, allowing sensing in the harshest conditions. Rev8 also captures color in the same silicon as the 3D data, giving perception software a second channel alongside range for classifying what is in the scene. software a second channel alongside range for classifying what is in the scene.
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